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“Putin’s Trap: How the Fear of Losing Power Could Become a Threat to the Regime He Built”

The paradox of Russia’s current political system is that the measures intended to guarantee Vladimir Putin’s personal security — continuing the war, eliminating alternative centers of power, repression, militarizing the…

October 5, 2026Russia

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“The Boundaries of Acceptability: The Tanguy Scandal and the Normalization of Radical-Right Discourse in France”

French National Rally (Rassemblement national, RN) MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy found himself at the center of a political controversy after using the phrase “work sets you free” (le travail rend libre)…

September 25, 2026France, Rassemblement national, right-wing

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The AfD’s Two Concepts of Germany: Citizenship, Ethnicity and the Constitutional Red Line

Protests in Düsseldorf and Erftstadt In Düsseldorf, a district convention of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), held in the assembly hall of St. Benedict School, triggered a protest in which, according…

September 22, 2026AfD, Germany

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Elections as an Instrument of Annexation: Why the Kremlin Needs State Duma Voting in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine

On September 18–20, 2026, Russia is holding elections to the ninth convocation of the State Duma. For the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, Moscow is incorporating…

September 17, 2026elections, Russia, Ukraine

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From National Priority to Welfare Nationalism: How Le Pen Is Using the Housing Crisis to Expand the RN Electorate

Emmanuelle Cosse, president of the Union sociale pour l’habitat (USH) and a former French housing minister, sharply criticized Marine Le Pen’s proposal to introduce “national priority” into housing policy—giving French…

September 15, 2026France

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Rozwój Plus as a Challenge to PiS: Morawiecki Builds an Alternative Center of the Polish Right

A conflict is deepening within the local structures of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) in Lublin, potentially reflecting a broader struggle over the future configuration of Poland’s right-wing conservative camp.…

September 10, 2026Poland

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“The Result Before the Vote: How the Kremlin Is Engineering the 2026 State Duma Elections”

Russia’s parliamentary elections on September 18–20, 2026, are taking place under conditions in which the main parameters of political competition are largely determined before voting even begins. The long-term elimination…

September 8, 2026elections, Russia

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Mladić as a Symptom, Rather Than the Subject

Ratko Mladić is dead. But the political world that made him a hero to some, a general to others, and a convicted perpetrator of genocide in the eyes of international…

September 7, 2026Serbia

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Guinea-Bissau’s Constitutional Referendum: Stabilization Reform or Institutionalization of Military-Backed Presidential Rule?

Guinea-Bissau’s August 30 constitutional referendum should be understood as a constitutional redesign, a mechanism for legitimizing the post-coup political order, and potentially a means of restructuring the political system in favor…

August 31, 2026Guinea-Bissau

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“Poland: From a Constitutional Tribunal Crisis to a Crisis of Mutual Recognition”

The text generally describes the political nature of the conflict correctly, but it should be made more legally precise and analytically stronger. An important clarification: on May 5, the ECtHR…

August 31, 2026Poland

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“Putin’s Trap: How the Fear of Losing Power Could Become a Threat to the Regime He Built”

“The Boundaries of Acceptability: The Tanguy Scandal and the Normalization of Radical-Right Discourse in France”

The AfD’s Two Concepts of Germany: Citizenship, Ethnicity and the Constitutional Red Line

Elections as an Instrument of Annexation: Why the Kremlin Needs State Duma Voting in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine

From National Priority to Welfare Nationalism: How Le Pen Is Using the Housing Crisis to Expand the RN Electorate

Rozwój Plus as a Challenge to PiS: Morawiecki Builds an Alternative Center of the Polish Right

“The Result Before the Vote: How the Kremlin Is Engineering the 2026 State Duma Elections”

Mladić as a Symptom, Rather Than the Subject

Guinea-Bissau’s Constitutional Referendum: Stabilization Reform or Institutionalization of Military-Backed Presidential Rule?

“Poland: From a Constitutional Tribunal Crisis to a Crisis of Mutual Recognition”

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