Felix Ettensperger

📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue on China: Politics and Policy
Guest Editors: @ettensperger.bsky.social & Lars Konheiser

📅 Submission deadline: January 16, 2026
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I created this imperfect and, of course, incomplete infographic that shows which channels authoritarian regimes like Russia, China, and others use for interference campaigns, disinformation, and subversion ⬇️

Rubio Says U.S. to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Efforts if No Progress Soon “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” the American secretary of state said as he departed meetings in Paris.

Überraschend: hat etwa Trump seine Forderung nach dem Friedensnobelpreis aufgegeben?

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Photo of Schloss Neuschwanstein, sitting in the forest with some snowy mountains in the background.

Woke up today to a radio report of Trump claiming ownership for Neuschwanstein because he believes he is the rightful successor to King Ludwig II.

Then I realized it‘s April 1.

Then I realized it’s not the most crazy thing I’ve heard in the past weeks and also more of a minor issue in comparison.

Die Autoren von „How fascism works“ und „On tyranny“ gehen jeweils aus den USA nach Kanada und das erklärt einem recht viel über Tyrannei und Faschismus.

Canadian burn

The Central Electoral Bureau of Romania has disqualified pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu from the elections, citing his anti-democratic stance, following complaints, as reported by Bloomberg. Violent unrest erupted in the capital, with Georgescu’s supporters clashing with police forces.

Ein ganz normaler Sonntag unter NATO Verbündeten

Und so wird es jetzt überall in Europa...

After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Nuklearwaffen: Brauchen wir die Bombe? Um nicht erpressbar zu sein, sollte Deutschland sich an europäischen Nuklearwaffen beteiligen, fordert Politikberater Thorsten Benner. Ralf Stegner (SPD) widerspricht.

Spannende Debatte zwischen @thorstenbenner pro europäische Abschreckung und @Ralf_Stegner dagegen.

Nicht überraschend. Stegner zweifelt den Wert nuklearer Abschreckung prinzipiell an.

www.zeit.de/2025/09/nukl...

So much of the US coverage of the German elections is cast in a "sky is falling" AfD rising apocalypse frame. I get it. The AfD is going to 2x its vote and get around 20%. But another way to look at this is that the AfD blew it. The conditions couldn't be better for the AfD to surge and yet. 1/ 🧵

Energiewende: US-Energieminister verbreitet Falschinformationen über Deutschland Der neue US-Energieminister Chris Wright hat die deutsche Energiewende als abschreckendes Beispiel angeführt – die Fakten widersprechen ihm.

Der neue US-Energieminister Chris Wright hat in seiner Antrittsrede scharfe Kritik an der deutschen Energiewende geäußert. Doch die entscheidenden Zahlen, mit denen er argumentiert hat, sind frei erfunden. Ein Faktencheck im Climate.Table von @table.media (€): table.media/climate/anal...

Europa hat nur eine Chance - es sollte sie nutzen

www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kolu...

Grafik zeigt aktuellen Temperaturverlauf in der Arktis nördlich von 80°. Normal wären jetzt -30 Grad. Aktuell sind es -9.

Die aktuelle Erwärmung der Arktis ist extrem. Eisausdehnung auf Rekordminimum und unglaublich hohe Temperaturen. Rund 20 Grad wärmer als normal! Über der gesamten Fläche nördlich von 80 Grad. 😳
Quelle: DMI

Not voting for Kamala to save Gaza. What a brilliant move.

Daily dose of Reddit political humor

Stolen from someone who stole it from someone who ...

LOL who did this

Karte des Golf von Mexiko, Text "Gulf of fragile Masculinity"

Neue Namensidee

Trump didn’t mention Greenland in his inauguration speech. He will focus on annexing Panama and Mars (?) first, I guess 🙈

Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/

voters by age group 2025

voters by age group 2021

In case you are wondering why the outgoing 🇩🇪 coalition tried to screw the young on pensions — and why the next will be worse.

(Voters by age group 2025 vs 2021)

12 day into 2025 and there is already a news headline this wild. Please someone get me back to the normal universe. I don’t like this alternative dimension we are in.

Zusammengefasst: evtl manövrierunfähiger Tanker, der vermutlich Teil der russischen Schattenflotte ist, treibt auf Rügen zu.

The correlation between distance from Moscow and military aid to Ukraine / #defence spending is quite strong.

This and more in my latest for @economist.com on divisions within Europe. www.economist.com/finance-and-...