Trauma and historical memory in Germany and Indonesia.
Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s Next Woman Chancellor?
In a curious twist of history, Baerbock holds the promise to execute on what turned out to be Angela Merkel’s highly misleading self-advertising.
China Vs. the West: An Epic Global Battle Is Brewing
Could Magnitsky-style social media campaigns challenge authoritarians like Putin and Xi?
Merkel’s Fall from Grace
Germany’s long-term leading government party faces an uncertain political future.
The US Secret Prison that Housed Leading Nazis
Prominent Nazis were interrogated after the end of World War II in a U.S. prison codenamed “Ashcan” south of Luxembourg. From there they were sent to the war crimes trial in Nuremberg.
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?
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.
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.
























