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From insult to murder: A new brutality in politics?

July 18, 2024

Are extreme political views in the U.S. and Europe intensifying, and is violence turning into a common tool for political disputes? Our guests: Jörg Himmelreich (Political scientist); Thibaut Madelin (Les Echos); Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson (Journalist)

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Thibaut Madelin is the chief financial editor for France’s Les Echos.

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Jörg Himmelreich is a freelance journalist, a political analyst and author based in Berlin.

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Soraya Sarhaddhi Nelson is an American journalist and the Berlin bureau chief for the U.S. National Public Radio.

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