Germany

In the Dawn of a New Barbaric Era

Burak Cop • Nov 23 2016 • Articles

People are no longer interested in facts. Post-truth politics is advancing, as seen in Trump’s presidential race in the USA and the Brexit shock.

The Importance of Remembering Nazi Perpetrators

Natalie Bormann • Sep 14 2016 • Articles

70 years after his execution at Nuremberg, Nazi war criminal Joachim von Ribbentrop is laid to rest in my hometown in Germany.

The Contested Use of Force in Germany’s New Foreign Policy

Daniel Flemes and Hannes Ebert • Sep 9 2016 • Articles

Stakeholders and the German public should not shy away from the debate about the appropriate role of the use of force in Germany’s foreign and security policy.

A Berlin-Ankara Axis against Satire?

Robert A. Saunders • Apr 20 2016 • Articles

In the context of a highly charged political environment, we are seeing that European values associated with free speech might just be more malleable than once thought.

Asylum with Human Face: Angela Merkel, Reem Sahwil and Another Video-Gone-Viral

Joyce Marie Mushaben • Jul 28 2015 • Articles

Merkel accepts the fact that Germany must become a land of immigration and integration. The rest is up to the democratically elected lawmakers.

The Parthenon Marbles in Russia: Referred Pain from a Colonial Past and Present

Elizabeth Alexander • Feb 11 2015 • Articles

Behind the debate over the artwork extracted from the Parthenon are British violence in post WWII Greece, the experience of austerity and matters of national identity.

The Private Life of a Nation in Crisis

Georgia Aitaki • Feb 10 2015 • Articles

National TV fiction should not be excluded from the study of world politics, as it maintains a strong connection with a given culture’s everyday experiences.

‘Merkiavelli’ – European Politics in the Real World?

Günter Walzenbach • Jan 3 2014 • Articles

The term ‘Merkiavelli’ depicts the political affinity between Machiavelli’s Prince and Angela Merkel. This emerges due to opportunities created by the chaos of the global financial crisis and its repercussions on the Euro.

Review – How Institutions Evolve

Alvin Almendrala Camba • Jun 12 2012 • Features

Thelen uses institutional theory within a varieties of capitalism framework to explain the causes for variation in vocational training and skill formation amongst Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States.

Can France and Germany Design a New European Contrat Social?

Ulrike Guérot • May 28 2012 • Articles

The future of Europe literally depends on the next Franco-German compromise. Europe cannot be governed by the European Central Bank.

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