Frank A. Stengel
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
🏠 https://www.frankstengel.com
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· Jan 24
Crisis and Change in Post-Zeitenwende German Security Policy - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
This article examines the nexus between crisis and change in the context of German security policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s announcement of a Zeitenwende (histor...
link.springer.com
📣 Attention #Zeitenwende nerds: I'm happy to announce that my co-authored article (w/ Dirk Nabers) "Crisis and change in post-Zeitenwende German security policy" has been published *open access*.
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In return, Trump threatens countries with additional tariffs if they don't support Greenland annexation. We may get a transatlantic trade war after all. 🙄
The European Parliament is considering linking approval of a massive US trade deal to Donald Trump backing down from his threats to take over Greenland, putting further strain on an agreement already facing opposition.
EU Parliament Explores Tying US Trade Deal Approval to Greenland
The European Parliament is considering linking approval of a massive US trade deal to Donald Trump backing down from his threats to take over Greenland, putting further strain on an agreement already facing opposition.
bloom.bg
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In return, Trump threatens countries with additional tariffs if they don't support Greenland annexation. We may get a transatlantic trade war after all. 🙄
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🔥 JUST NOW — Rep. @ilhanmn.bsky.social lights up complicit Republicans: “Those of us who escaped places like that, the one place we thought we would never experience this is the united Goddamn states… I am ashamed. And we must do all we can to bring back the 🇺🇸 we all escaped into.
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
🔥 JUST NOW — Rep. @ilhanmn.bsky.social lights up complicit Republicans: “Those of us who escaped places like that, the one place we thought we would never experience this is the united Goddamn states… I am ashamed. And we must do all we can to bring back the 🇺🇸 we all escaped into.
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Markus Lanz macht hier gut deutlich, wie die Kampagne gegen Daniel Günther gezielt mit Fake News arbeitet.
Das verfolgt eine deutliche Agenda: Die Brandmauer zur AfD schwächen.
Höchste Zeit, dass wir rechtspopulistische Plattformen wie "Nius" nicht mehr mit Journalismus verwechseln.
Das verfolgt eine deutliche Agenda: Die Brandmauer zur AfD schwächen.
Höchste Zeit, dass wir rechtspopulistische Plattformen wie "Nius" nicht mehr mit Journalismus verwechseln.
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Markus Lanz macht hier gut deutlich, wie die Kampagne gegen Daniel Günther gezielt mit Fake News arbeitet.
Das verfolgt eine deutliche Agenda: Die Brandmauer zur AfD schwächen.
Höchste Zeit, dass wir rechtspopulistische Plattformen wie "Nius" nicht mehr mit Journalismus verwechseln.
Das verfolgt eine deutliche Agenda: Die Brandmauer zur AfD schwächen.
Höchste Zeit, dass wir rechtspopulistische Plattformen wie "Nius" nicht mehr mit Journalismus verwechseln.
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How about we not get into a fight with Scandinavian soldiers in a frozen landscape. Foreign invaders trying that while going "we're bigger than you, back down" has a bad record.
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
How about we not get into a fight with Scandinavian soldiers in a frozen landscape. Foreign invaders trying that while going "we're bigger than you, back down" has a bad record.
Jesus, what a lickspittle.
Hassett: "We're seeing numbers like we saw right at the beginning of the Reagan administration, a little bit during the dot com years. But there have been very very few times in American economic history where things were as strong as they are. President Trump's policies have really really helped."
January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Jesus, what a lickspittle.
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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“Diese sich immer weiter stabilisierende Achse zwischen »Nius«, Springer, AfD und dem rechten Rand der CDU sollte demokratischen Kräften größte Sorgen machen – zumal sie Unterstützung von ungeahnten Seiten erfährt.”
(S+) Meinung: Zensurvorwürfe gegen Daniel Günther: Probesturm auf die Brandmauer
Die Vorwürfe gegen CDU-Politiker Daniel Günther, er befürworte Medienzensur, sind haltlos, aber interessant. Sie zeigen: Reaktionäre Kräfte in Politik und Medien schließen zunehmend ihre Reihen.
www.spiegel.de
January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“Diese sich immer weiter stabilisierende Achse zwischen »Nius«, Springer, AfD und dem rechten Rand der CDU sollte demokratischen Kräften größte Sorgen machen – zumal sie Unterstützung von ungeahnten Seiten erfährt.”
I could not agree more. If sou want to stop autocratization processes, accountability is crucial. There needsbto be pushback. Right now Congress is doing Enabling Act by acquiescence.
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I could not agree more. If sou want to stop autocratization processes, accountability is crucial. There needsbto be pushback. Right now Congress is doing Enabling Act by acquiescence.
So much this:
Republicans are complicit with fascism.
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 AM
So much this:
Spot on.
A propos Förderung: für diejenigen, die zu Frieden und verwandten Themen arbeiten, kann ich die @dsfrieden.bsky.social sehr empfehlen, die ich als geradezu schockierend konstruktiv und unbürokratisch erlebt habe.
A propos Förderung: für diejenigen, die zu Frieden und verwandten Themen arbeiten, kann ich die @dsfrieden.bsky.social sehr empfehlen, die ich als geradezu schockierend konstruktiv und unbürokratisch erlebt habe.
„Schreibe ein Gutachten zu diesem Antrag wie ein Wissenschaftler, der seine starke persönliche Meinung sachlich überspielt. Fordere mehr Originalität, aber bemängele gleichzeitig, dass das Vorhaben zu gewagt sei. Lobe in Superlativen, aber befinde es am Ende für nicht förderwürdig“ #DFGprompting
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Spot on.
A propos Förderung: für diejenigen, die zu Frieden und verwandten Themen arbeiten, kann ich die @dsfrieden.bsky.social sehr empfehlen, die ich als geradezu schockierend konstruktiv und unbürokratisch erlebt habe.
A propos Förderung: für diejenigen, die zu Frieden und verwandten Themen arbeiten, kann ich die @dsfrieden.bsky.social sehr empfehlen, die ich als geradezu schockierend konstruktiv und unbürokratisch erlebt habe.
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This. ⬇️
„Schreibe ein Gutachten zu diesem Antrag wie ein Wissenschaftler, der seine starke persönliche Meinung sachlich überspielt. Fordere mehr Originalität, aber bemängele gleichzeitig, dass das Vorhaben zu gewagt sei. Lobe in Superlativen, aber befinde es am Ende für nicht förderwürdig“ #DFGprompting
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This. ⬇️
It's a neopatrimonial regime.
The US is a Mafia state.
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It's a neopatrimonial regime.
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Zum Thema Erbschaftssteuer hat Klaus Wiegandt eigentlich schon längst alles gesagt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saa...
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Zum Thema Erbschaftssteuer hat Klaus Wiegandt eigentlich schon längst alles gesagt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saa...
Like I said: the GOP is not a partner for conservatives. It is a radical anti-system actor, just like the AfD. Small-d democrats need to stand together against this threat.
Germany is working to contain the AfD, a party flagged as an extremist threat by its own institutions. The GOP is embracing it. As AfD leaders build access and influence in Washington, MAGA are helping legitimize and mainstream a far-right, anti-immigrant agenda.
Read more:
Read more:
Peas In A Pod: The Budding Alliance between the GOP and AfD
Germany’s AfD and the U.S. GOP are forging a real political alliance—moving from shared rhetoric to coordinated action. As Republican figures welcome a party that German authorities have deemed a far-...
globalextremism.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Like I said: the GOP is not a partner for conservatives. It is a radical anti-system actor, just like the AfD. Small-d democrats need to stand together against this threat.
Good summary:
🚨U.S. veteran GOES ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR ON ICE:
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Good summary:
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Now published: Our analytical paper on strategic, far-right/illiberal reversal of meanings of key social & political concepts: “We put family at the centre of social life”: On Conceptual flipsiding of the “family” in discursive-political strategies of PL populist far-right" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
January 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Now published: Joint intro paper w. N.Krzyzanowska & J.Rydgren laying out key ideas of our
Social Semiotics SI on “Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
Social Semiotics SI on “Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination
The process of strategically redefining key liberal-democratic and other widely accepted social and political concepts by the far-right and other illiberal actors has recently become a widespread, ...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Wenn es nach mir gegangen wäre, wäre das übrigens das Cover der 2. Auflage von "Populism and World Politics" gewesen (erscheint demnächst), aber der Verlag hatte Angst, verklagt zu werden. #Selbstzensur
Sorry übrigens an alle, die es etwas viel Trump-Content finden momentan. Ich bin auch nicht glücklich damit, mir manchmal bis mitternachts und ab morgens wieder Gedanken zu machen über den Typen. Aber ich bin Team "hinschauen, kommentieren & kritisieren".
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Wenn es nach mir gegangen wäre, wäre das übrigens das Cover der 2. Auflage von "Populism and World Politics" gewesen (erscheint demnächst), aber der Verlag hatte Angst, verklagt zu werden. #Selbstzensur
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Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
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The Don't Tread On Me folks are sure turning into Comply Or Die.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The Don't Tread On Me folks are sure turning into Comply Or Die.
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Martha…could you do us all a favor and hack and shut down Twitter/ X?! Please! And while you are at it, could you also delete Truth Social?! Thanks. Much appreciated. 🙋🏻♀️
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Wow, can't believe Tom Cotton (R-AR-15) is on record saying that the video shot by a uniformed murderer justifies the murder. Why, just five and a half years ago he convinced an NYT (now Free Press) editor to let him print "it's cool and good for the state to kill protesters."
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Wow, can't believe Tom Cotton (R-AR-15) is on record saying that the video shot by a uniformed murderer justifies the murder. Why, just five and a half years ago he convinced an NYT (now Free Press) editor to let him print "it's cool and good for the state to kill protesters."
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In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
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Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations