“Kaliningrad could be the best location in Russia — paradise, ” says Viktor Hoffmann. “But we must be open to Europe like Poland or Lithuania.”
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Europe Declared Peace While the World Was Still at War
The crux of Europe’s quandary in fighting global terrorism mirrors its problems with a shared foreign policy or common currency: a reluctance to sacrifice even more sovereignty on the altar of EU unity.
Merkel’s Dilemma
The term Mexit is worming its way into Germany’s political vocabulary, because the idea of Merkel’s departure after a decade in power is no longer unthinkable.
The Greek Bruce Willis Fights for Democracy — and Marxism?
If Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, was going to make a comeback, it had to be in the German capital.
A Dangerous Moment for Ukraine’s Fragile Ceasefire
What we talk about when we talk about the Minsk peace agreement.
How Angela Merkel Became the Last Best Hope for European Liberalism
The influx of refugees isn’t a “German problem.” It is the deepest crisis in the EU’s existence — and a fight for the liberal values that define it.
War Is Decided on the Battlefield. Why Peace Is Decided in Berlin.
Without even trying, Berlin has become the “it” capital of the Western world.
Syria Is the Next Arena on Vladimir Putin’s Comeback Tour
The Russian president has stepped back on center stage by appointing himself the indispensable arbiter in Syria’s civil war.
Why It’s So Hard for Germany to Lead on the Migrant Crisis – or Anything Else
In Germany, even the semantics of the word “to lead” — fuehren — are loaded because of associations with Adolf Hitler.
A European Disaster
A refugee crisis is exposing the cracks in a continent that was supposedly whole and free.