Time to Face Reality on Ukraine
The international environment that produced the First World War exactly one hundred years ago was a struggle for “places in the sun” as countries competed for colonial lands. The settlement …
NATO/EU Cooperation with Russia on Military Airlift
Germany and its NATO and EU partners continue to rely on Russian heavy airlift to support their expeditionary military and humanitarian relief operations in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa, …
To Err on German Unity…
Looking back after twenty-five years to those extraordinary events leading to German unification and the establishment of democratic regimes in Eastern Europe, I am often reminded of the American icon …
Tuition Fees in Germany
In the 2013-2014 academic year, tuition fees for undergraduate students at American universities averaged a whopping $5,410 (€4,353) each semester—and this does not include housing, dining costs, or personal expenses.1 …
Transparency in the Extractive Industries
Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz, a DAAD/AGI research fellow in May and June 2013, has recently published a paper in the journal Global Environmental Politics, building on his research conducted while …
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Support Our WorkTwenty-five Years after the Fall of the Wall
When history was about to turn the corner at the end of the 1980s and German unification shot to the top of the international agenda, not everybody was cheering. British …
The Miracle of Leipzig
This is a story about the secret of freedom—courage. Germans in Leipzig courageously faced down a regime that had killed fellow citizens, whose only crime was to seek freedom and …
Germany’s Precarious Path to Leadership
There were several milestones in October that reminded Germans and non-Germans again how much the past twenty-five years have changed the Federal Republic of Germany. While October 3 is the …
Freedom Cannot Be Taken for Granted
In the fall of 1989, I studied at the Karl-Marx-University in Leipzig. As a student of theology, I was able to participate in the demonstrations on the street as well …
Eine neue Phase der Russland- und Ostpolitik hat begonnen
Langfristiges Ziel sollte nach wie vor eine gesamteuropäische Friedensordnung unter Einschluss Russlands bleiben. Allerdings haben sich mit den autoritären Entwicklungen in der russischen Innenpolitik, der Abwendung der russischen Führung von …
A New Phase of Russia and Ostpolitik Has Begun
This article is a translation of the original version in German. To read the German version of this article, click here. A pan-European peace order including Russia should still remain …
From Kobane to Celle
The serene town of Celle is home to 70,000 people in the state of Lower Saxony, more than 3,000 of which are Kurdish Yazidis. This town is mostly known for …
