Unframed | Yasemin Aydın

August 2026

42 Percent Is More Than a Protest Vote: Why Saxony-Anhalt Matters Far Beyond Eastern Germany

Saxony-Anhalt may account for only around 2.5 percent of Germany’s population. Yet its state election on September 6 could become one of the most…

Aug 30 • Yasemin Aydın

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Organized Doubt

What if modern propaganda does not need you to believe a lie—but only to doubt that the truth can ever be known?

Aug 23 • Yasemin Aydın

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"Manufactured Fatigue"

How permanent crisis, information overload and scandals without consequences make the unacceptable feel ordinary.

Aug 16 • Yasemin Aydın

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Trapping Homer in the Décor of the Present

What happens when an ancient epic is made to speak the psychological and moral language of the present? Nolan’s The Odyssey may reveal more about our…

Aug 16 • Yasemin Aydın

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June 2026

Reclaiming the Narrative: From Organized Doubt to the Courage to Speak

In the early 1950s, social psychologist Solomon Asch designed one of the most famous experiments on conformity.

Jun 26 • Yasemin Aydın

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The Age of Organized Doubt

Reflections from the First Day of the DW Global Media Forum 2026

Jun 23 • Yasemin Aydın

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April 2026

After Orbán: Trapped in a Political Continuum?

Viktor Orbán is no longer in power in Hungary. At the level of institutions, this marks a rupture. At the level of political culture, it is far less…

Apr 27 • Yasemin Aydın

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March 2026

A Deepfake Scandal, a Dropped Case — and What It Reveals About Germany’s Failure to Protect Women

Imagine that someone spends years building a parallel version of your identity online — profiles that bear your name, use your image, and interact with…

Mar 28 • Yasemin Aydın

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Europe’s geopolitical tightrope | Unframed

Watch now | Europe faces a geopolitical tightrope after U.S.

Mar 3 • Yasemin Aydın

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