Romania’s self-destructive austerity is the best gift the far right could hope for
Andrei Gudu Romania’s government is facing a serious economic challenge: its budgetary deficit, the largest in the EU, is expected...
Year: 2025
Constructing the enemy – hating refugees in Überalldorf
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Despite the romantic-idyllic image in which the East-German town of Überalldorf prefers to present itself, not...
Importing prejudice: why is xenophobia surging in Romania?
While Romania has historically been a country of emigration since the 1989 Revolution, with thousands of people leaving for the...
10 years after Merkel’s “We can do this”
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Turbo-charged by far right tabloids, right-wing populists, and the neo-fascist AfD, Germany continues to be an...
Win-Win for Warsaw and Washington: Poland wants more US engagement in the Three Seas Initiative
Bogdan Cozma, Antonia-Laura Pup, The German Marshal Fund of the US, 2 September 2025 When Poland’s new President Karol Nawrocki...
The Romanian energy transition: ambitions and limitations
Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Vladimir Mitev Alin Tănase is the campaign coordinator for Greenpeace Romania. He is passionate about geography, has a...
Trump Card: How Nawrocki’s Presidency Reshapes Polish Politics
Karol Nawrocki's plan for presidency - a constructive confrontation, combined with building of his own position. A clear threat to...
East Germany – the promised land of the AfD
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Given the seemingly endless string of AfD successes across Germany – particularly in the East –...
An everyday Neo-Nazi attack in Germany
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Neo-Nazi attacks in Germany are neither new nor, sadly, particularly newsworthy anymore. Yet the recent assault...
Is the US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan deal truly a stepping stone towards just and lasting peace in the region
We are well two weeks into what US President Trump named the age of peace, security, and friendship for the...