The Oprah Winfrey interview lights a fire that is consuming the British royals.
Turkey: Erdogan’s Battle Over Bogazici University
Reflections on the fragility of academic freedoms and human rights.
Mr. Steinmeier’s Faux Pas: Pleasing Russia, Stiffing Eastern Europe
North Stream 2: Is the gas pipeline’s completion really mandated by history, as the German President has claimed?
COVID 19 and the Culture and Costs of German Introspection
Why do we Germans learn so little from very relevant Asian countries in fighting the pandemic?
Restaurants and Society After COVID: A Report from London
Open restaurants will lift the spirits of society as a whole. That is especially important for the young.
Europe’s COVID 19 Response Put in Perspective
The EU tends to move more slowly — but it does get its act together.
North Stream 2: What the Germans Must Do for Transatlantic Solidarity
As much as the current German government would wish otherwise, the North Stream 2 pipeline controversy continues to threaten European unity as well as transatlantic solidarity.
Italy: No Political Crisis, But an Economic One
The EU’s patience to throw Italy yet another lifeline after the current one is rapidly vanishing.
Merkel and Her Ill-Advised CAI Deal
What US and German political transitions mean for China relations.
Merkel’s EU China Policy: Double Crossing Joe Biden
Surprisingly, Germany’s veteran Chancellor is replicating Gerhard Schröder’s moves to poison the transatlantic relationship — in her case by eagerly doing China’s bidding inside the EU.
























