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  • Even before the mass protests against the AfD in 2024, a cultural movement was forming against the rise of the far right
    German culture scene unites against far-right

    "The Many" against the AfD

    Germany's right-wing AfD continues to gain ground in the polls. Many involved in the country's cultural scene fear the party will restrict artistic freedoms following the next election and have therefore launched their own campaign

  • Moroccan Said Tichiti performs live with his band Said Chalaban
    Music of the Sahel

    Jarama – echoes of the Sahara

    It's a long way from Hungary to Morocco, both geographically and culturally. For expatriate Moroccan Said Tichiti, the distance finally caught up with him in 2018. Stuck musically and seeking inspiration he and two of his Chalaban band mates made the long trip to his former home. New release "Jarama" is the musical outcome

  • Netanyahu's government is set on curtailing the powers of the judiciary. But the judges will not give up without a fight. What happens next will determine just how endangered Israel's democratic system really is.
    Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms

    Israeli government and the Supreme Court at loggerheads

    Benjamin Netanyahu's government is set on curtailing the powers of the judiciary. But the judges will not give up without a fight. What happens next will determine just how endangered Israel's democratic system really is. By Joseph Croitoru

  • A few days ago, numerous people from the German cultural scene wrote an open letter to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, demanding that respect for human and civil rights should be a prerequisite for nuclear negotiations with Iran. Human rights violations should be legally punished and the dialogue with civil society should be strengthened
    Frankfurt Book Fair

    Iran drops out, citing interference

    Iran has withdrawn its participation in the Frankfurt Book Fair, accusing the event of meddling in the country's domestic affairs. Organisers have denied the accusation. By Kristina Reymann-Schneider

  • Flirting with nationalist support: Erdogan with MHP leader Devlet Bahceli (photo: DHA)
    Turkey and Central Asia

    One nation, six states?

    Turkey is turning towards the Turkic nations of Central Asia, intensifying its economic, diplomatic and military relationships with these countries. So what is driving Turkey’s Central Asia policy? Are we seeing a resurgence in nationalist Pan-Turkic geopolitics? Essay by Yasar Aydin

  • Polling station for Syrian citizens in Lebanon in a tent. The voting booths are partitioned off with cloths to which Syrian flags are attached. Portraits of the three candidates hang from the ceiling. Polling officers assign free voting booths to voters.
    Loyalty and legitimacy in Syria

    Bashar al-Assad's staging of the presidential election

    By stage-managing his re-election in a poll widely dismissed as a farce, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has killed two birds with one stone: he has forced his compatriots to demonstrate their loyalty and submission and will use the outcome to get money from abroad. He needs both to stay in power. By Kristin Helberg

  • Myanmarʹs Aung San Suu Kyi in Hungary

    With friends like Orban...

    Myanmarʹs Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungaryʹs Viktor Orban have discussed their mutual fear of Muslims. In doing so, the Burmese leader has again showed she has lost the moral standing she once enjoyed, says Verena Holzl

  • Hungary and Islam

    Defending Christendom

    Although Hungary is just a transit nation for many refugees on their way to Western Europe, the country's government – led by right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban – has been conducting a campaign of xenophobia for months. Background by Stefan Buchen

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