A personal blog-style newsletter in Dutch reflecting on democracy, rights, digitalisation and social cohesion, often through commentary on books such as Maxim Februari's Doe zelf normaal. Each issue mixes the author's own experiences with extended quotations and considered argument.
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Yascha Mounk publishes essays and long-form interviews on politics, democracy, culture and ideas. Issues feature his own analysis alongside conversations with authors and scholars such as James Marriott and Eliot Cohen.
Anne Applebaum writes about democracy and authoritarianism, with a focus on the war in Ukraine, Russia, and US foreign policy under Trump. Issues combine her own commentary with reporting-based analysis of conflicts of interest and diplomacy.
Über Rechts berichtet und analysiert die deutsche extreme Rechte, vor allem die AfD und die Neue Rechte, mit eigenen Recherchen, internen Dokumenten und Podcast-Gesprächen. Die Leser erhalten Einordnungen zu Parteistrategie, Institutionen und rechter Ideologie, teils in Kooperation mit Fachmedien wie dem Verfassungsblog.
Long-form interviews with political scientists, historians and regional experts on democracy, authoritarianism and political development. Readers get in-depth discussion of current events and research, such as Israel's election, Fukuyama's recognition thesis and the limits of AI for authoritarian control.
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