Magazine for Politics—Art—Economics

Die Weltbühne returns: the capital city review for discerning readers. The legendary magazine of the imperial era and the Weimar years — cheeky and sharp, anti-authoritarian and anti-militarist, entertaining yet polemical. Even today and going forward: a thorn in the side of a petty-minded zeitgeist obsessed with defense budgets and counting the years to the next war. Against hypocrisy, self-censorship, and opportunism. For the Republic, dissent, and critique.

Contents

Pedram Shahyar Podcasts Killed the MAGA Starp. 4

Per Leon NATO and Truth p. 11

Ilknur Bahadir MAVIp. 17

Katajun Amirpur Pahlavi and the multi-ethnic statep. 18

Raed Shniowrah „Later“p. 22

Tahir Chaudhry The Epstein Systemp. 24

Christian Stecker Changing majorities over coalition disciplinep. 34

Alfred Polgar Ghostsp. 39

Yassin al-Haj Saleh Syria‘s fourth beginningp. 41

Siegfried Wein Theatertreffen 2026p. 47

Mati Shemoelof Istanbul Diariesp. 51

and further contributions

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Always within reach.