The AfD's electoral success in the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony raises questions of concern. However, the rise of the AfD cannot be equated with the downfall of the first German democracy in 1933: Berlin is not Weimar.

In the Phoenix interview, Prof. Dr. Volker Kronenberg comments on the results of the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony.

In the NTV interview, Dr. Joachim Weber puts the Ramstein meeting in Germany in perspective.

In the Phoenix interview, CASSIS Fellow Dr. Frank Umbach comments on the commissioning of new IRIS-T air defence systems and assesses the current situation in Ukraine.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie has published an anthology on Liechtenstein's strategy during the Second World War against the backdrop of the National Socialist threat.

In a guest article for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Dr. Hüseyin Cicek analyses the risk of escalation in Turkish-Israeli relations.

In an interview with Phoenix, CASSIS Fellow Dr Joachim Weber comments on the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Following public criticism, the Federal Ministry of Defense has withdrawn additions to the Bundeswehr's decree on tradition. In Cicero, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie criticizes the decision with regard to the military leadership's lack of understanding of tradition.