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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Ricardo Nuno Costa

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Trump's election turns off the 'traffic light' in Berlin

Will Trump continue the openly warmongering path of his predecessor, or will abandon the ‘Ukraine enterprise’ and leave the bill to the Germans? ...

12.11.2024 30

New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Nuno Costa

Israel über alles

It seems clear that after decades in the room, the elephant can no longer be hidden in the German political debate. “Germany has only one...

08.11.2024 10

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Germany was the engine of Europe because it used Russian fuel

The question now hangs in the air: will Berlin reconsider its role with Russia, or let the engine seize up? A Brazil that is now much more...

22.10.2024 40

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Thuringia, the turning point in German politics?

The election is also all the more significant given that it is the first major victory for Germany’s far right at such a high level since 1933. The...

06.09.2024 30

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

America versus America and the right path of China

In 1988, a young professor of international relations at Fudan University in China travelled the length and breadth of the USA for half a year. He...

28.08.2024 20

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Conflict in the UK

The crisis has erupted in the United Kingdom, particularly in the deindustrialised regions of the North. It’s a return to the 1970s, without the...

06.08.2024 30

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Scholz orders closure of one of the opposition's largest media networks after interview with Zakharova

On 16 July, Jürgen Elsässer (67) woke up startled at 6 a.m., opened the door of his house while still in his dressing gown, and in front of him were...

17.07.2024 40

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

A new wave of "Ostalgie" could force Berlin into a new Ostpolitik

The East will weigh more heavily, potentially forcing Berlin into a new Ostpolitik and a different approach to both the military conflict in Ukraine...

27.06.2024 30

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Krah, Le Pen, the «Chinese spy» and the stab in the back

With a discourse against immigration and war, the AfD is the big winner of the European elections in Germany, but this could turn against itself. ...

22.06.2024 20

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

BSW, the sensible alternative to Alternative for Germany

The elections on 9 June show us a new political landscape, with two anti-war formations making up almost half of the electorate in Eastern Germany.  ...

19.06.2024 20

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Germany at the eye of the European political storm

Because the European Parliament (EP) doesn’t make the laws that are applied in people’s daily lives, but merely makes recommendations that...

14.06.2024 30

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

Germany cursed by the Hindu Kush

Shouldn’t this sad episode be a wake-up call for Europeans to stop importing causes and flags that aren’t ours? Officially, the Bundeswehr was...

06.06.2024 10

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

European far right unveils alliance with Zionism

Last weekend, a major event organized by the Spanish far-right party Vox took place in Madrid. The “Viva Europa 2024” convention aimed to bring...

30.05.2024 40

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Ricardo Nuno Costa

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