Frank A. Stengel
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Political sociologist at Kiel U
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
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Non-Resident Fellow @gppi.bsky.social
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
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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...
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📣 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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Auf Twitter glauben sie ich bin Millionärin, weil HateAid offenbar vor allem hochpriviligierten Millionären hilft.
Als HateAid mir geholfen hat hatte ich 1800€/Monat Kindergeld, ein kleines Baby und war keine öffentliche Person wie heute. Don Alphonsos (Rainer Meyer) Hetzjagd…
Als HateAid mir geholfen hat hatte ich 1800€/Monat Kindergeld, ein kleines Baby und war keine öffentliche Person wie heute. Don Alphonsos (Rainer Meyer) Hetzjagd…
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Auf Twitter glauben sie ich bin Millionärin, weil HateAid offenbar vor allem hochpriviligierten Millionären hilft.
Als HateAid mir geholfen hat hatte ich 1800€/Monat Kindergeld, ein kleines Baby und war keine öffentliche Person wie heute. Don Alphonsos (Rainer Meyer) Hetzjagd…
Als HateAid mir geholfen hat hatte ich 1800€/Monat Kindergeld, ein kleines Baby und war keine öffentliche Person wie heute. Don Alphonsos (Rainer Meyer) Hetzjagd…
📣Achtung Theorienerds: Die 6. überarbeitete Auflage von Gert Krell und Peter Schlotters Einführung in die Theorie der Internationalen Beziehungen, "Weltbilder und Weltordnung", ist offiziell erschienen. Neu in dieser Auflage: ein Kapitel zum #Postkolonialismus sowie
Weltbilder und Weltordnung
www.nomos-shop.de
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣Achtung Theorienerds: Die 6. überarbeitete Auflage von Gert Krell und Peter Schlotters Einführung in die Theorie der Internationalen Beziehungen, "Weltbilder und Weltordnung", ist offiziell erschienen. Neu in dieser Auflage: ein Kapitel zum #Postkolonialismus sowie
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This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
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Der deutschen Wirtschaft geht es wirklich extrem schlecht. Wir alle müssen den Gürtel enger schnallen. 😂
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Der deutschen Wirtschaft geht es wirklich extrem schlecht. Wir alle müssen den Gürtel enger schnallen. 😂
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DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
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Der Irrsinn treibt Blüten: Wenn Einreiseverbote gegen Andersdenkende von Trumpisten und ihren rechten Krawallmedien als Ausdruck der Meinungsfreiheit gefeiert werden, sollte auch dem Letzten klar sein, wo die wahren Freiheitsfeinde stehen.
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Der Irrsinn treibt Blüten: Wenn Einreiseverbote gegen Andersdenkende von Trumpisten und ihren rechten Krawallmedien als Ausdruck der Meinungsfreiheit gefeiert werden, sollte auch dem Letzten klar sein, wo die wahren Freiheitsfeinde stehen.
This War on Christmas by the far le... *checks notes* oh.
Indiana State Senator wishes you a Merry Christmas by… posting images of himself assaulting Santa Claus.
Are the fascists okay?
Are the fascists okay?
December 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This War on Christmas by the far le... *checks notes* oh.
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It’s always projection.
Trump wishes a Merry Christmas to "the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein … only to 'drop him like a dog' when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him."
Trump then says he dropped Epstein before anyone and had nothing to do with him.
Trump then says he dropped Epstein before anyone and had nothing to do with him.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It’s always projection.
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Something seriously wrong with Republicans
December 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Something seriously wrong with Republicans
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Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
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Dem drittreichsten Land der Welt, in dem zwei Familien so viel besitzen, wie die untere Hälfte der Bevölkerung — also wie 41 Mio. Menschen —, diesem Land, mit einem Gini-Koeffizient von 0,83, also einer Vermögensungleichheit wie Russland, werden die Kranken zu teuer:
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
"Werden deshalb nicht kränker": CDU-Mann Frei fordert Einschnitte im Gesundheitssystem
Kanzleramtschef Thorsten Frei will das Gesundheitssystem günstiger machen. Dafür müssten Leistungen gestrichen werden, sagt er. Welche Gründe er nennt.
www.t-online.de
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dem drittreichsten Land der Welt, in dem zwei Familien so viel besitzen, wie die untere Hälfte der Bevölkerung — also wie 41 Mio. Menschen —, diesem Land, mit einem Gini-Koeffizient von 0,83, also einer Vermögensungleichheit wie Russland, werden die Kranken zu teuer:
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
*stares in Unitary Executive Theory*
I worked for DOJ. I don't think people realize how dangerous it is for the White House to takeover the daily operations of the Justice Department.
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
*stares in Unitary Executive Theory*
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The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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Der Angriff der US-Regierung auf #HateAid und andere erfolgte übrigens kurz nach dem Besuch der AfD-Delegation in Washington. Der Landesverrat der Faschisten kann auch an Weihnachten nicht laut genug betont werden.
AfD-Abgeordnete reisen zu Republikaner-Treffen nach Washington
Die neue US-Sicherheitsstrategie sucht die Nähe zu rechten Kräften in Europa. Nun reisen mehrere AfD-Abgeordnete zu einem wichtigen Netzwerk-Treffen der Republikaner.
www.tagesschau.de
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Der Angriff der US-Regierung auf #HateAid und andere erfolgte übrigens kurz nach dem Besuch der AfD-Delegation in Washington. Der Landesverrat der Faschisten kann auch an Weihnachten nicht laut genug betont werden.
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Merry Griftmas to Kosplay Kristi — when you’ve got taxpayers, why pay rent?
December 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Merry Griftmas to Kosplay Kristi — when you’ve got taxpayers, why pay rent?
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
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Krass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den früheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Krass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den früheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot
Was Sara Nanni sagt:
Meine diesjährige Reise ins Baltikum geht dem Ende entgegen. Und es ist mir ein großes Bedürfnis zu sagen, was alle längst wissen sollten.
Russland bereitet sich auf einen Angriff gegen die NATO vor. Der Kreml schlägt alle diplomatischen Angebote aus. Dieses Russland ist unser Feind.
Russland bereitet sich auf einen Angriff gegen die NATO vor. Der Kreml schlägt alle diplomatischen Angebote aus. Dieses Russland ist unser Feind.
December 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Was Sara Nanni sagt:
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“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
What consistency doing?
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What consistency doing?
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They’re releasing the bad stuff now because it’s Christmas time. But if you are angry about Epstein because of the abuse of children, then don’t pretend Trumps name wasn’t all over today’s release. Or admit it was all politics in the first place
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
They’re releasing the bad stuff now because it’s Christmas time. But if you are angry about Epstein because of the abuse of children, then don’t pretend Trumps name wasn’t all over today’s release. Or admit it was all politics in the first place