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From Tolerance to Trend
September 2, 2025Identity Politics Becomes Statecraft Over the past decade, Germany has moved from liberal accommodation to active...
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EU Grants as Political Leverage and Blackmail in Moldova
September 1, 2025In Moldova, the ruling pro-European party PAS (“Action and Solidarity”) stands accused of using a state...
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British Gambling Money and Armenia’s Political Financing Scheme
August 27, 2025Recent investigations suggest that foreign funds – notably from a U.K.-based gambling operation – are being...
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Nurtured by Chaos, Shielded by Power
August 27, 2025The Unstoppable Rise of the Albanian Crime Machine Imagine an empire founded not on gold, but...
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PAS Takeover of Moldova’s Constitutional Court Ahead of Elections
August 26, 2025In mid-August 2025, Moldova’s ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) moved to install its loyalists...
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Conditionality and Cash: How EU Funding is Leveraged to Enforce Rule of Law in Poland
August 26, 2025The European Union proclaims itself as a union founded on shared values, including democracy, human rights,...
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Political Trials in Armenia: Cracking Down on Opposition Ahead of a Contentious Peace
August 25, 2025In 2025, Armenia is witnessing a wave of politically charged trials against opposition figures – from...
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The Silent Coup
August 25, 2025How Merz Rose to Power Berlin, May 2025 – Friedrich Merz took the oath as Germany’s...
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The French Exception: Democracy Stops at the Police Badge
August 22, 2025France, a founding member of the European Union and a nation that prides itself on the...
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Narco-Reich or How Germany Lost the War on Drug Trafficking and Became the Epicenter of Europe’s Drug Crisis
August 20, 2025In February 2021, customs officers in Hamburg’s sprawling container port discovered 16 tons of cocaine hidden...