Corruption and debt darken the global outlook for democracy.
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.
Alexei Navalny: The Freest Man in the World
The recurring question of what freedom means in the political and the everyday world.
Mr. Leahy, Why Not Go to the Supreme Court?
The German legal system offers a perfect way out of a great U.S. legal conundrum during Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Why Was I Ever Born? Yemen — A Poem Article
While tens of thousands of Yemeni men, women and children are dying from starvation and disease, the world is shamelessly watching with deafening silence.
Europe’s COVID 19 Response Put in Perspective
The EU tends to move more slowly — but it does get its act together.
Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum Run Away from Their Past
We are no fans of neo-liberalism. But look who is now suddenly disavowing it.
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.

























