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Since the 1970s, the party systems of European democracies have undergone fundamental changes. In all countries, the centrist parties that had shaped political life for decades lost support among the electorate. The first phase of change was...

The end of the so-called “traffic light coalition” in November 2024 demonstrated once again that party coalitions in Germany sometimes end prematurely – that is, before the regular end of the legislative period. Against this background, this...

Amid a constitutional crisis caused by the sitting President’s self-coup attempt—abuse of martial law power and mobilization of military troops—in December 2024, the Korean parliament, the National Assembly, played a key role in swiftly...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives plays a key role in the U.S. political system; their decisions and leadership styles have far-reaching impacts on national politics. However, conflicts within the Republican Party have damaged this office...

With Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, his brand of nationalist populism has firmly established itself as the ideological and organizational guiding force of the Republican Party. Internal critics have been sidelined, Congress is loyal,...

The 2024 U.S. presidential election marked a historic turning point: Donald Trump became the first president since Grover Cleveland to return to the White House after an electoral defeat. Winning 312 to 226 electoral votes and 49.8 percent of the...

The second Trump Administration is proving tumultuous for the German-American relationship. Ever-changing U.S. policies on trade, tariffs, taxes, defense, as well as on conflicts like Russia-Ukraine have already weakened the Transatlantic...