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Can Germany’s Far Right Be Stopped?

September 9, 2026·1h 36m·7-min readconversationalnews
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Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) made significant gains in regional elections, raising alarms about the normalization of extremism in Europe. Meanwhile, Trump emissaries Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff conducted a controversial diplomatic mission to Russia and Ukraine, wide

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Lawrence Wright

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TommyBenJared KushnerSteve WitkoffVladimir PutinVolodymyr ZelenskyRatko MladićEd MilibandNetanyahuLawrence WrightNigel Farage

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Foreign PolicyGeopoliticsGlobal NewsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics

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