This Time Tomorrow

Omri’s out, so it’s two Germans going at it. Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin: three regional elections in a few weeks, record turnout, and the far right still gaining. Daniela and Benny ask how Germany got here, why the centrist parties keep losing the plot, what the tax story since the 1980s has to do with it, whether the firewall still holds, and what the far right actually wants to do with power.Listen, like, subscribe, follow! Share with your friends! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thistimetomorrowpod.substack.com

We’re back to school, it’s business as usual, what’s up, what’s new? One of our hosts became German AND got engaged, another had a BABY, and a third is on the beach in Greece…What else? Only everything. Listen, like, subscribe, follow! Share with your friends! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thistimetomorrowpod.substack.com

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In the 56th episode of This Time Tomorrow, Omri and Daniela sit down with Professor Damir Kapidžić to pick his brain on what is currently happening with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia. First of all, what does Bosnia’s intricate political landscape look like? Clue: it’s complicated. Secondly, what’s the Trump administration’s interest in the OHR, and why may it threaten multilateralism and stability in the region? The Office of the High Representative was created by the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995, so why is it now at the center of a geopolitical tug-of-war, with the U.S. backing an Italian diplomat linked to its business interests?Meanwhile, Bosnia’s complex governance, ethnic tensions, and a looming gas pipeline suggest there may be more to this than meets the eye.And what’s the role of Europe in all of this? Just polite resistance?Listen to learn more about a really important issue (that is also sort of riveting in an almost blockbuster kind of way?) that may just have flown under your radar. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thistimetomorrowpod.substack.com

In today’s episode of This Time Tomorrow, Omri, Daniela and Benni discuss… * the tragic Berlin Pride attack and the far-right’s exploitation of German policing failures * how Poland’s recent far-right fragmentation is revealing cracks in its unity ahead of critical elections next year. How can pro-democracy forces capitalise on the divisions within the PiS party? (Is there anything that Polish democrats can learn from the UK’s new PM, Andy Burnham?) * and, finally, how the Strait of Hormuz crisis could land Europe in quite a bit of trouble unless something changes… soon.Worried? Let’s get to work. Please take a moment to hit subscribe or follow and to share this episode with your democratic as well as non-democratic friends (the latter may need it more). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thistimetomorrowpod.substack.com