Analysis Opinion

Elections in Germany and the AfD Victory: From Luther to Sigmund

The AfD’s victory in Luther’s home state confirms the electoral geography mapped out in 2021, yet with significant new developments: the cradle of the Reformation is now the epicenter of dissent against the religious establishment. And this is just the beginning.

Sep 09, 2026 10:29

Simone Varisco

Analysis Opinion

The Inability to Guard the Center and the Margins: The Lindsay Clancy Case and Our Geometries

Guarding what deserves to occupy the central place, and leaving the rest to the margins, is the first step in upholding these geometries. Starting with the broken lives of three innocent children.

Sep 02, 2026 08:51

Simone Varisco

Analysis Opinion

Trump, the Pope, and the First «TikTok War»

«The first ‘TikTok War’ and the first internationally significant conflict in which we can observe an innovative application of artificial intelligence, particularly in its generative form,» explains Rassa Ghaffari, a researcher in Sociology, Migration Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Genoa. «Generative AI has, in fact, ushered in new forms of information warfare that target perceptions, information environments, and trust.»

May 22, 2026 09:57

Simone Varisco

Interview

Interview with Israeli Jesuit David Neuhaus: Deconstructing the Use of Religion to Justify the War

Truce: hope, goal, fragility, victory and defeat, prize, respite or illusion. The only feeling that is not out of place is hope. Father David Neuhaus (Jerusalem) on the challenge of deconstructing the use of religious texts to promote war, violence, and exclusion.

Oct 16, 2025 17:56

Simone Varisco