Cancel culture: Values and moral priorities are changing rapidly
There’s a new buzzterm in Western politics, culture and media, and it should come to no one’s surprise that it’s also a trigger for both sides of the ever-hardening left-right ideological divide....
View ArticlePondering a possible Biden-Harris administration
In most corners of the world, hopes are running high that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will win the upcoming US election and thus bring to a close this current dark chapter. These hopes, however, rest...
View ArticleGerman-Russian relations are poisoned, but common interests persist
There are Russians who see German hospitals as a salvation, and there are Russians who see them as a curse. The family of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s foremost opposition leader, arranged for him to be...
View ArticleBackroom bravado: Who will succeed Angela Merkel
Her era will have to come to an end eventually. Angela Merkel has been German chancellor since 2005; you would have to look long and hard to find another politician holding a country’s top political...
View ArticleÉminence grise
Putin has not yet chosen a course vis-à-vis Belarus, but all signs point to his continued support for Lukashenko After the disputed presidential election in Belarus on Aug. 9, Vladimir Putin was one of...
View ArticleA call for European leadership in times of turmoil
No one looking back on the past decade can do so with satisfaction, let alone complacency. The world has become unstable. The international order created after World War II is breaking down; the global...
View ArticleDear Mr. President
A letter to President Joe Biden from the publisher Detlef W. Prinz Dear Mr. President, Congratulations! When today, at 12 noon Washington time, you swear your oath to the US Constitution and are...
View ArticleTicking time bomb
Religious hatred often begins in schools as seen most recently in the recent escalation of the Middle East conflict. This dangerous dimension has long been ignored, also by the EU. One has to take a...
View ArticleDiplomatic hub
The rapid tectonic shifts that are currently taking place in international politics are illustrated by the case of Afghanistan and the role of Qatar, a small country in terms of area but a big one in...
View ArticleSommer Time
For us, Theo Sommer was always Ted. The invitation to call him Ted was both a sign of familiarity and an expression of generosity, magnanimity and the absence of any kind of conceit on his part. People...
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