Twenty years ago, the West German Greens and the East German citizen movements created a political alliance that continues to this day.
Countering Sexism in East Germany
Tatjana Bohm: “There is this saying: ‘If you don’t fight back, if you don’t resist, you will end up in the kitchen.’”
Why North Korea Today Is Not East Germany 1989
Policymakers have long predicted that North Korea will go the way of East German Communism. Not so fast.
Poem: Infinite Regress of War
Sepulchre of repeated images / Won’t someone shatter the pure reflection of glass?
German Resistance: A Matter of Principle
German Parliament member Reinhard Weisshuhn, once an East German dissident, seeks to provide an infusion of human rights into current German politics.
Dependable Deutschland
Although allies continue to hope for more, Germany’s new foreign policy plans spell out more of the same – including a return to normalcy in the relationship with the United States.
One of the Many Ways Nazis Shot Themselves in the Foot by Persecuting Jews
Apparently Hitler seems to have forgotten that eliminating Jews would cause a crippling brain drain from Germany.
Surviving Climate Change: Towards a Climate Revolution
Is a green energy revolution on the global agenda?
The Battle of Berlin: 70 Years Ago This Month
Starting on November 17, the British launched the single most intensive bombing attack on a city in World War II.
The Merkel Phone Tap: Obama as “Unilateral” in His Own Way as Bush?
While some would argue that the United States and its allies routinely spy each other, it’s one thing to bug the Germany embassy in Washington, but another to tap into the phone of the leader of the country, as well as other officials. As we recently posted, spying by...