17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (913+ words) AfD is increasing pressure on the government over Islamist extremism and migration policy, while polls show it could achieve historic results in two eastern federal states. German officials have called for tougher laws targeting known extremists after a deadly attack…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1679+ words) New research shows how average, frustrated and career-blocked employees can become ideal fulcrums for authoritarian leaders (New York Times; 6yka.com) Even the most powerful autocrats cannot rule alone. Vladimir Putin in Russia relies on a select circle of oligarchs. In…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (576+ words) The Kremlin has intensified efforts to accelerate the fall of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose popularity in the country is declining, and to strengthen the growing pro-Russian forces on the German far right, writes the Brussels-based portal Politiko. Russian President…...