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The article focuses on the historical significance and cultural prominence of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, detailing its connections to notable figures like Richard Wagner, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Goebbels. It also delves into the Munich Security Conference, highlighting the tense geopolitical atmosphere and discussing the role of Atlanticism in shaping global politics, particularly amidst crises in Ukraine, Gaza, and Taiwan.

The article explores SARDINIA, WELL INTO modern times, had all the trappings of a colony. The highlands of the interior still go by the name "Barbagia ," from the Greek word for barbarians. In the nineteenth century, Piedmontese capitalists stripped the island for timber to build railways for the mainland. The native people featured as an attraction for Europe's Grand Tourists, who regarded them as a curious sampling of primitives.

Appropriately, Perlstein devotes much of Reaganland to a figure who belongs to the territory as much as Reagan himself: Jimmy Carter. Reagan's aides had deleted such a phrase from a Reagan op-ed earlier in the year out of fear of a backlash. BOOKS & the ARTS EVER SINCE RONALD REAGAN BECAME GOVERNOR OF CALifornia in 1967, we have relied on two native informants about his time in power: Joan Didion, of Sacramento, and Mike Davis, of the San Bernardino Valley. As Reagan strategist Paul Weyrich pointed out, "sex" was the "Achilles' heel of the liberal Democrats", and Reagan and his Republican allies were prepared to bet that the electorate was still much more traditional than liberals were willing to allow. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the life, career, and works of German painter Neo Rauch. Topics explored include the themes and narrative structures of his paintings, his response to the criticisms published by art critic Wolfgang Ullrich, and brief details about his painting techniques, his use of an old cotton mill as an art studio, and the international recognition he received from participating in the 1999 Armory Show art exhibition in New York.

A criticism of the book "Underground Asia," by Tim Harper is presented. It examines the emergence of young radicals from the cracks of European empires in Asia, the connection of the book to Harper's previous ones, the focus on Latin American and Asia in the study of nationalism, and modernism in the members of the Asian underground.

An essay is presented which discusses several books including "Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy" by Francis Fukuyama, "Breaking Democracy's Spell" by John Dunn, and "The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding" by Eric Nelson. Political corruption in China and bureaucracies in America are examined, along with the history of democracy and bureaucracies in countries such as China and the U.S.

The article discusses politics in Indonesia, focusing on the leadership and policies of the Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo. Other topics include the power over religious life in Indonesia held by the Majelis Ulama Indonesia, and Islamic religious group, a comparison between India and Indonesia concerning postcolonial nationalization, and how the Indonesian government has changed since the fall of its former leader Suharto.

The article reflects on democracy. Commentary is presented on democracy as it existed in ancient Athens, Greece, objections to direct democracy on the part of the U.S. founders including John Adams that led them to create a country based on representative institutions, technological advances that have rendered those objections null, and what the authors term a crisis of legitimate democracy. Reference is made to several books including "Ill Fares the Land" by Tony Judt.

An essay is presented which discusses various books such as "The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century" by Tony Judt, "The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France" by Todd Shepard, and "Algerian Chronicles" by Albert Camus, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, and edited by Alice Kaplan. The reported double-edge quality of French author Albert Camus' early writings on Algeria is examined, along with pied-noir communities.

The article offers information on the political and economic situations in the U.S. Topics discussed include the goal is to build a global consumer economy that provide an endless supply of cheap goods, most of them made with cheap labor overseas but funded by American dollars, and Trump-endorsing evangelicals for being gay, nor, it seemed, would he get much from NatCons and mostly held fast to the Walt Whitman position on homosexuality and nationalism.

The article focuses on idea of a social democratic foreign policy in the U.S. Topics discussed include reformist and aims to blunt the harder edges of capitalism and make it sustainable as whole spectrum running from social democracy to democratic socialism, restoration of public accountability would have the additional advantage of furthering substantive democratic goals and trying to completely nationalize a company like Lockheed Martin would be a very costly engagement for a social democratic administration. It also mentions American working class's relationship to economic growth must be rethought if its citizens are to flourish in the next century.

The article examines how the right-wing populist movements in 21st-century global politics have less in common with fascism despite comparisons by liberal historians to conditions in Europe during the 1930s. It looks at the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and discusses how liberals can discredit the view that economic and political orders are without alternatives.

Articles Is there any doubt that if Donald Trump had won the US election, sweeping all 50 states in a landslide, he would still have decried foul play? As for the first, Sny- der's vision of the country accelerating "towards violence" and the wider sense that Trump's recent mass firing of Pentagon officials heralds the makings of an actual military coup d'état, does not pass muster. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, a rector of the State Academy for Design, commentaries on Shakespeare, Europe, and democracy. it mentions has written an opera libretto, published a bawdy epistolary novel lampooning the foundation that funds the country's scientific research, and advised some of Europe's leading politicians.

This article presents letters to the editor in response to articles in previous issues of "The New Republic." Articles that received responses include "The Anti-Anti-Americans," about French anti-Americanism, in the Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2005 issue, "The Shorn Identity," on France's experience with immigration (Nov. 28-Dec. 5), "Withdrawal Symptoms," on Hillary Clinton (Nov. 21, 2005), and "Multiple Choices," urging liberals to confront abortion as a public health issue (Nov. 28-Dec. 5).

A personal narrative is presented in which the author talks about his experience with people who protested for the right-wing political party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), also known as Alternative for Germany, and their proceedings that promoted the positivity of Islam.

The article features Frauke Petry, the leader of the German right-wing political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Topics covered include her criticism of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her anti-refugee stance, and her relationship with politician Marcus Pretzell. Also mentioned are her party's position that Islam does not belong in Germany, her claim that refugees incite the violence against them in Germany, and the AfD's connections to other populist movements.