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Henning Hoff

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Executive editor INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY @ipq.bsky.social / Editor-at-Large @internationalepolitik.de, published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP); International Fellow @congeostrategy.bsky.social; lapsed Londoner.

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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 11h
In the light of the Franco-German paper (which @noahbarkin.bsky.social reported first), our @ipq.bsky.social Fall 2026 issue is turning out timely indeed ip-quarterly.com/en/ipq-fall-...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 12h
For context see the new @ipq.bsky.social Fall 2026 issue ip-quarterly.com/en/ipq-fall-...
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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 12h
Zeitenwende. Economic statecraft edition.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Easily.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A most welcome return to the pages of IPQ by @noahjgordon.bsky.social who co-edited an earlier incarnation of our magazine & launched the Carbon Critical column. Noah writes about China‘s strongest weapon in a possible trade war with the EU. However, the Europeans are not helpless…
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW‼️ Middle Road to Nowhere? After Mark Carney’s call for an “alliance of middle powers,” cooperation has indeed increased, but not quite in the way the Canadian prime minister intended, writes Sophie Eisentraut @munsecconf.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/middle-ro...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An important reminder that the UK will continue to struggle with the EU‘s supranationality. That’s why it’s so important to think outside the box(es) — the EU, but also NATO — when it comes to the future of European defence and deterrence.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No more Mr/Ms Nice Guy… www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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European countries agree on ‘assertive’ response to US pressure on diesel
The countries, including Britain, France and Germany, held an emergency meeting Thursday to respond to calls from the Trump administration to release fuel reserves.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/10/2026
“Beggars can’t be choosers, but why should Berlin nonetheless trust a Le Pen France more on Russia than a Trumpian United States?” @josephdeweck.bsky.social on why Germany shouldn’t derisk from France ip-quarterly.com/en/why-germa...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the hands of Guy Ritchie this could become a hilarious caper movie … www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Suspect in alleged plot against British base called police before arrest, UK media report | CNN
One of the suspects in the alleged plot targeting a UK airbase used by the US military called the police shortly before they were arrested, multiple UK media outlets have reported.
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From our new issue: The EU and China: An Inevitable Showdown Chinese trade policies and subsidies are destroying the EU’s industrial base, argue @ajwsmall.bsky.social and @jankaoertel.bsky.social This fall, the Europeans need to respond. ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-and-ch...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‼️OUT NOW‼️ IPQ Fall 2026 Issue The Looming Confrontation: 🇪🇺 vs. 🇨🇳 @jankaoertel.bsky.social @ajwsmall.bsky.social @noahjgordon.bsky.social @henninghoff.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @josephdeweck.bsky.social @aylinmatle.bsky.social et al. Whole issue here⬇️ ip-quarterly.com/en/ipq-fall-...
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‼️Out next week‼️ The Looming Confrontation: EU vs. China w/ contributions by @jankaoertel.bsky.social @ajwsmall.bsky.social Tim Rühlig @noahjgordon.bsky.social @henninghoff.bsky.social @josephdeweck.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @aylinmatle.bsky.social J.C. Ellis et al. Stay tuned!
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Peter Thiel, receiving the Axel Springer award in Berlin, describes journalism as a "left-wing hate factory"
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The German economy grows (by 1.3% apparently) at night, when Katherina Reiche sleeps…
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Old habits die hard…
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looks like Farage‘s Reform UK has peaked. The MAGA coalition in the US is crumbling, too. Saying the same about the AfD is clearly premature, but far-right populist forces can go down as well as up. To watch: France. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Tories leapfrog Reform UK as Nigel Farage’s party slumps to third in latest poll
Reform has suffered blows in the new poll, falling to its joint lowest position in 18 months
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
… and short.
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"As opposition leader, Merz could have struck a deal with the Scholz government on debt-financed rearmament, but he preferred to wait ‘until I’m chancellor.‘ This lack of statesmanship is continuing to haunt him." New #BerlinCable by @henninghoff.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/afd-wins-...
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The AfD Wins Again, but Merz Clings On
Germany’s far right has had another strong showing in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with the chancellor’s CDU failing to enter the parliament. Without a challenger ready to pounce, however, Merz is l...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New #BerlinCable Things have not necessarily improved for Chanceller Merz… ip-quarterly.com/en/afd-wins-...
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The AfD Wins Again, but Merz Clings On
Germany’s far right has had another strong showing in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with the chancellor’s CDU failing to enter the parliament. Without a challenger ready to pounce, however, Merz is l...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Congratulations! You had that since 1951…
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Make it stop!
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Greeks and the Germans both have a word for this ....
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW ‼️🇫🇷🇬🇧 Washington's war against Iran is negatively affecting Europe more and more. It's time for the Europeans to play a bigger role and help forcing Tehran to negotiate, argues @edwardpjoseph.bsky.social A Franco-British navel mission would be a game-changer. ip-quarterly.com/en/how-europ...
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How Europe Can Turn the Tide in Iran
Deploying a Franco-British “fleet-in-being” to the Strait of Hormuz would be the best way to persuade Tehran to negotiate.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/09/2026
The AI lab has previously said: “This case is not about human authorship versus AI. It’s about The New York Times looking for an undeserved payday at the expense of progress that benefits everyone.” Benefits or kills? Make your minds up lads
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like Manuela Schwesig is on track beating the AfD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, just. It would hugely strengthen her standing within the SPD. CDU at 6%. Sunday week may turn into a long night for Chancellor Merz.
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
‼️NEW in our "Future Shape of Europe" series🇪🇺🇨🇦 An "associate EU membership," you say, Madame Commission President? Claudia Schmucker and @linnselle.bsky.social analyze what's behind Ursula von der Leyen's offer to Canada. The case for closer cooperation is there. ip-quarterly.com/en/canadas-a...
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Canada’s “Associate EU Membership”: What’s in a Name?
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered Canada an “associate EU membership.” While the precise meaning is elusive, there is great potential for closer cooperation.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure this is how it will pan out, tbh. Many in the CDU have finally realised that the AfD is out to destroy the Christian Democrats…
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My impression is that a Chancellor Wüst would support stronger measures against China, also with Franco-German relations in mind. It may also all happen not quite as fast, with Merz potentially leaving around Xmas/New Year’s…
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Masterly analysis of Merz’ perilous situation by @noahbarkin.bsky.social Noah points out that a “change of chancellor“ could lead to Berlin not supporting the emerging EU consensus on a tougher line on China in mid-October—the focus of our upcoming IPQ Fall issue. substack.com/@noahbarkin/...
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Noah Barkin (@noahbarkin)
Germany’s political crisis could not have come at a more inopportune time for Europe. Next month, EU leaders will be asked to back robust trade measures aimed at China. Friedrich Merz has broken with ...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has decided to skip UN General Assembly (again) next week because “his presence in Berlin is required.“ Two regional elections are coming up on Sunday, September 20, in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Their outcome may seal Merz’ fate. Watch out for #BerlinCable
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🤖 “AI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new research has found.”
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AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
US borrowing cost continue to rise. Now it’s five percent for 10-year bonds. Not surprising, but worrying nonetheless…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bettina Trump, Don Jr.'s wife, defends having a Putin ally finance part of their wedding trip, saying he was simply "our dear friend." Such a dear friend that brother Eric's rep told @propublica.org that “Eric has absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name.”
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is the most counterintuitive part of NATO cooperation for the US to stay out of, because hunting these subs has always been about US homeland security - the Russian idea used to be to sneak through the GIUK gap and continue towards US East Coast. Try to find them in the Atlantic, good luck
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NATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the US
Allied forces gathered near Iceland to practice hunting for Russian submarines, with a key member missing.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lovely stuff. Announcements like these increasingly sound like cries for help. But governments around the world seem to think it better not to interfere with or properly regulate AI companies. “They‘ll know best themselves…“
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For what is likely to happen next in German politics check out my latest #BerlinCable ip-quarterly.com/en/shock-sys...
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A Shock to the System
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won big in the small federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, but not big enough for an outright majority. Still, the result may well trigger changes at the ...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“We are not in principle against arms production as we‘ll need corresponding means when it comes to future remigration and deportation actions“, says Ulrich Siegmund who won the support of close to 44% of voters in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Are there really no grounds to outlaw the AfD?
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Correction: It was not 100%, to be fair, but it‘s what stuck. It’s right for him to attack the AfD, but it’s far from sufficient. “Will he be gone by Christmas“ is a question I was asked a lot in the UK last week. It looks increasing possible.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I cannot help but thinking that Merz (& his advisers) committed a grave error today. The chancellor spent 100% of his budget speech attacking the AfD, validating it in a way. Instead he should have talked for at least 80% of the time about the Germany he wants to build. www.n-tv.de/politik/poli...
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Plötzlich ist der alte Merz wieder da
Nach der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt verspricht der Kanzler einen neuen Ton. Die Haushaltsdebatte im Bundestag bietet ihm die Bühne dafür. Doch neu ist der Ton von Merz nicht, dafür erfrischend alt.
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Canada and the EU are working on a new relationship “as close as legally possible“… sounds promising #newtransatlanticism www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Canada and the EU Want a More Serious Relationship
Get Caught Up.
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW in our #FutureShapeofEurope series 🇪🇺 @milanninberlin.bsky.social is sketching out what is and what isn't on the EU enlargement agenda in the coming weeks, and what's at stake. ip-quarterly.com/en/narrow-wi...
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A Narrow Window of Opportunity
The coming weeks will be crucial when it comes to setting the EU on a sustained enlargement path.
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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 08/09/2026
Bitte nicht vergessen. Wenn das bsw sich enthält im Magdeburger Landtag steht es 39 39.
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New #BerlinCable The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has won big in the small federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, but not big enough for an outright majority, writes @henninghoff.bsky.social Still, the result may well strongly affect Merz' government. ip-quarterly.com/en/shock-sys...
ip-quarterly.com
A Shock to the System
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won big in the small federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, but not big enough for an outright majority. Still, the result may well trigger changes at the ...
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Henning Hoff @henninghoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just off the BBC World Service commenting on the AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt. Yes, the far-right party isn’t quite there yet, it will need the BSW or CDU defectors. And no, there will be no AfD takeover in all of Germany now. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC World Service - Newshour - Available now
Available episodes of Newshour
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