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Narratives of crisis boost Germany’s AfD

EU Ferry Biedermann - August 13, 2026.

Germany is in deep trouble, so goes the by now accepted narrative, economically and also, or hence, politically.  State-level elections in early September in Saxony-Anhalt and...

Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 12, 2026.

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed...

Will the UK’s pending foreign policy choices pass PM Burnham’s ‘Makerfield Test’?

UK Harvey Morris - August 12, 2026.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has so far lived up to his promise to the northern voters who enabled his political elevation by pursuing a...

No anti-war parties in Russia’s parliamentary elections

Russia TA | AP Insight - August 11, 2026.

Russia’s highest court on Monday ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month’s...

On the campaign trail, data centers are the new American boogeyman

US James Oliphant - August 11, 2026.

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed vanquished rival Haley Stevens in the closely watched Democratic primary in Michigan last week for several reasons – but high...

Netanyahu tests the limits of Trump’s Board of Peace

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 10, 2026.

Nickolay Mladenov, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, now the High Representative...

Does Trump really care about the midterm election’s outcome?

US Ian Bremmer - August 10, 2026.

Few ideas are more fundamental to US President Donald Trump’s political brand than his consistent claim that the American left steals elections at his expense. If...

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