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Stephanie Hofmann

@stephofmann.bsky.social
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interested in all things multilateral-ish | Prof. & Joint Chair in IR @eui-eu.bsky.social | thinks in German, French & English = often confused | she/her

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Raffaele Mastrorocco @raffaelemstr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Now assigned to the latest issue of International Politics! With the new US National Security Strategy, it's the 'perfect' timing to reflect on the implications of the far-right on European security - a topic I discuss in this article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What kind of vision(s)? The far-right and European security - International Politics
Far-right parties are now widespread in different countries across Europe, raising questions about states’ commitment to European security. These parties varied their positions on the Russian invasion...
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Frédéric Mérand @fredericmerand.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Looking forward to giving a talk on The Struggle for European Sovereignty and meeting the good people of @eui-sps.bsky.social. Merci à @stephofmann.bsky.social et au @eui-schuman.bsky.social pour l’accueil!
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Frederik Carl Windfeld @fredwindfeld.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
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Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025
Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉 I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas... A quick preview 👇 🧵
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A New Season for Respect the Marble
Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"
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Benjamin Faude @benjaminfaude.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 25/08/2025
#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs - Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - cup.org/4oSMcHi - @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social‬ #FirstView
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live. 🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe. 🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
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Scott Radnitz @radnitz.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏
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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚? 🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.
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Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations
European Consortium for Political Research
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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions? In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states. 🎥👉 buff.ly/5CbiQqW
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Anastasia Prokhorova @anaprokhorov.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭
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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications. Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.   Please spread the word! Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW
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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda. Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl
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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚 We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues. For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)
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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges. 🎥 buff.ly/vCZhwZP
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Frederik Carl Windfeld @fredwindfeld.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️ My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.
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Struggles over epistemic capital: Complex governance objects and the making of lethal autonomous weapons systems
The regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) has emerged as a salient and perplexing issue in global governance, especially in the UN GGE on LAWS. This article argues that contentions...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have <a lot> to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy. Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
How to organize European security? In this International Politics forum, we discuss European actors' choices between orchestrating existing and new institutional layers (compartmentalized multilateralism) or escaping consensus-making with new&old layers @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"security and defence is top priority for Europe, and rightly so. But as Europe rearms, it is also reasserting a new wartime geopolitical identity. In this context, policy decisions regarding humanitarian disarmament treaties acquire a broader dimension." ecfr-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ecfr.eu/...
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Why Europe’s withdrawal from humanitarian disarmament treaties could be a win for Russia
Several EU countries are withdrawing from, or considering withdrawing from, humanitarian disarmament treaties. While Europe must urgently strengthen its defence capabilities, it should not lose its fo...
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis .. academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making
Abstract. Scholars and pundits focusing on the changing international order and its possible fragmentation often pay little attention to the manifold relat
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"One of my goals is to contribute to portraying #migration in a positive way." In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎 📹 buff.ly/ji4G65s
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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🎓 Applications are open for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social 📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept 📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots! 💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs 💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants 🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the... #SummerSchool
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SPS Summer Academy
The strongDepartment of Political and Social Sciencesstrong SPS at the strongEuropean University Institutestrong EUI is launching the sixth edition of the SPS
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🔎 How have women shaped the history of #globalisation? In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏 📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Coalitions of the willing are back in vogue, with Macron hosting another summit tomorrow in Paris. Here’s a chart I made on forms of differentiated integration and political cooperation in Europe:
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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
AND we in Europe/outside the US need more conversations of what we can do to defend academic freedom. @stephofmann.bsky.social NOT convinced that US universities can simply set-up 2nd campuses in Europe (see Guardian) as US rules/cuts can still impact them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst
The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
There is not much difference across the country on the communal level
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abbey steele @abbeyst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
2 AP positions at Leiden: peace studies / IR and security & rule of law: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies... www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
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Assistant Professor: Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations
Assistant Professor in Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations (0.8 - 1.0fte)The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is looking for an assistant professor with rese...
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Andrea Knapp @andreaknapp.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Still cannot believe it: the United Nations Security Council Resolution Authors (UNSCRA) dataset is out in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social 🥳

 Read here why the data is important and use it widely for your research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
@michaelwilliams.bsky.social and I started writing the chapter on domestic politics in late 2020. Much has changed since then. Whatever is currently happening to NATO, domestic politics seems to matter a great deal. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Please read and act accordingly! 👇
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This semester’s five Europe in the world research seminars @eui-ggp.bsky.social could have been not more wonderful and timely. We started off with @stefwalter.bsky.social talk on responding to noncooperative behavior, say for example by the US, and how to respond to it
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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Coming to Bologna for EISA? Let me know! DM if you're interested in being on a panel on far-right and Global Environmental Politics/IOs I'm looking for other papers! @ninareiners.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @raffaelemstr.bsky.social Pls spread the word! eisa-net.org/pec-2025/
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PEC 2025 | EISA
We are delighted to invite you to the 18th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC), to be held at the University of Bologna, 25-29 August 2025.
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Wondering about the shift in global governance we are witnessing these days? We interviewed Prof. @stephofmann.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social on the challenges multilateralism faces, transatlantic security & digital policy. 📌 Read the full interview here: buff.ly/4dYJI7l
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Stephanie Hofmann on global governance, security, and digital policy
What are the challenges multilateralism faces How will Trumps reelection reshape international institutions Is offering candy the secret to high attendance at
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Unity? "AfD co-leader Alice Weidel has said that 'Trump is implementing the policies that the AfD has been demanding for years'... rightist politicians seem willing to risk Europe’s security and prosperity for political gain." @catherinedevries.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The US embrace of Russia is an existential threat to the EU. Germany must step up to save it | Catherine De Vries
To counter the crisis caused by Trump, Friedrich Merz has little choice but to abandon decades of military and economic caution
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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Switzerland should examine "possibilities for security policy cooperation with the EU" and "strenghten Switzerland's role in the European security architecture", demands the Swiss National Coucil (parliament).
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Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
All welcome to our Connect seminars! 😊 @connect-unibo.bsky.social -
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Incredibly moved that @anaprokhorov.bsky.social and @raffaelemstr.bsky.social secretly orchestrated my nomination for ISA’s J. Ann Tickner award. Warm thanks to all of you who supported the nomination. I still can’t believe it. @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/03/2025
I think what makes this moment feel so big and groundbreaking is that even those among us who have been talking about the need/danger of a Europe without the US for a long time, were usually in the mindset of a US disinterested in Europe. But not a US actively hostile to Europe& European interests.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Umberto Eco once wrote that Europeans are vaccinated by centuries of conflict on their continent. One of the most important things in today’s Europe is to call out those who doubt the efficacy of this vaccine. We have anti-democratic forces in our midst, now is the time to stand up against them.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 23/02/2025
#Germany's federal criminal police office, not exactly known for over-counting such things, reports that at least 41,000 crimes with a right-wing extremist motive were committed in 2024, a 1/3 increase compared to 2023. 2023, with a 23% increase on 2022, had already marked an all-time high #farright
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Rekord rechtsextremer Straftaten: „Erschreckender Aufwärtstrend“
Rechtsextreme Straftaten erreichen neuen Höchststand: mehr als 40.000 Delikte. Das zeigt eine Anfrage von Bundestagsvizepräsidentin Petra Pau (Linke).
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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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Global Governance Programme @eui-ggp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📢 This Thursday 27/2, join @giofabman.bsky.social from @cambridgeup.bsky.social as he examines the only successful UN Security Council reform in 1963—expanding non-permanent membership from 6 to 10 states—and compares it with later failed reforms. Register now 🔗 buff.ly/4icMyEt
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Giovanni Mantilla @giofabman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
In @eui-eu.bsky.social this week presenting a new paper draft. Join if you can! I’d love your feedback.Working on this project has provided solace amidst global chaos. Thanks to the Stephanie Hofmann 🙏🏻 for the invite. @campolis.bsky.social @christscollegecam.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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The curious case of the United Nations security council expansion of 1963
Join Giovanni Mantilla as he addresses this historical puzzle and explores the factors behind the only successful UN Security Council expansion.
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Jeanette Hofmann @jeah.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Und so beschreibts der Perlentaucher von heute: Wir alle wissen, wie der Krieg angefangen hat, so der italienische Karikaturist Andrea Bozzo: Unschuldige russische Raketen wurden von ukrainischen Häusern beschossen
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Kackeistamdampfen www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
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Opinion | Germany’s Far-Right Comeback
Germany’s attempts to “remember away” its Nazi past has instead paved the way for an extremist resurgence.
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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Access to universities comes with certain responsibilities. Otherwise inequalities keep on getting bigger. www.spiegel.de/start/bundes...
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Meinung: Bundestagswahl: Warum die Nöte der Studierenden in den Wahlkampf gehören
Beim Blick in die Wahlprogramme zeigt sich: Die Politik hat erstaunlich wenig Ideen für Studierende. Sie sollen einmal die Zukunft des Landes gestalten – und trotzdem ignorieren die Parteien ihre größ...
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