Michael Naumann is the Editor / Publisher of Germany’s influential weekly Die Zeit. After being Senior Foreign Editor of Der Spiegel he ran the publishing house of Rowohlt Verlag in Germany, Metropolitan Books and Henry Holt Inc. in New York and was German Minister of Culture from 1998-2000.

Recent articles

The United States' response to the 9/11 attacks has reinforced divisions among western democratic states and projected a global vista of endless, unwinnable war, says Michael Naumann of Die Zeit.

Europe’s belated shock and outrage at news of America’s transfer of “secret prisoners” may have lasting political effects, says Michael Naumann.

Germans are flocking to the motorways and the Hamburg docks in search of sun and distraction. Anything but politics! Michael Naumann takes the measure of “strange times in Germany”.

Germans are expecting a September election where Angela Merkel will replace Gerhard Schröder. But changing Germany itself will be harder, writes “Die Zeit” publisher Michael Naumann.

The German Chancellor responded to his Social Democratic Party’s defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia by calling for early national elections. Michael Naumann, publisher of “Die Zeit”, reflects on a high-stakes gamble.