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About Michael Naumann

Michael Naumann is the Editor/Publisher of Germany's influential weekly Die Zeit. Previously he was German Minister of Culture from 1998-2000.

Articles by Michael Naumann

Wednesday 6th September

What happened to the new world order

Michael Naumann, 6 September 2006
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.
Thursday 22nd December

Predictions

Michael Naumann, 22 December 2005
In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. Forty-nine of openDemocracy’s distinguished contributors, from Mariano Aguirre to Slavoj Zizek, Neal Ascherson to Jonathan Zittrain – offer their predictions for the coming year. Since this is openDemocracy, we did not expect them to agree. We were not disappointed. (Part Two).
Thursday 8th December

The CIA archipelago

Michael Naumann, 8 December 2005
Europe’s belated shock and outrage at news of America’s transfer of “secret prisoners” may have lasting political effects, says Michael Naumann.
Thursday 4th August

Germany's election sleepwalk

Michael Naumann, 4 August 2005
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”.
Tuesday 21st June

Germany's unfinished business

Michael Naumann, 21 June 2005
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.
Tuesday 24th May

Gerhard Schröder's last stand

Michael Naumann, 24 May 2005
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.
Friday 14th November

Looking backward: a response to Daniel Mittler

Michael Naumann, 14 November 2003
The German social model needs a dynamic economy. Daniel Mittler’s skewed analysis of German realities blocks understanding of this, says the chief editor of “Die Zeit”.
Monday 14th July

'Blonde beasts': the political meaning of anti-German prejudice

Michael Naumann, 14 July 2003
Italy’s presidency of Europe, and the continent’s summer holiday season, are alike starting in rancour. The diplomatic storm caused by Silvio Berlusconi and Stefano Stefani will pass, says our German columnist; but their routine anti-German prejudice is also emblematic of the condition of Europe. To move beyond it will need time, imagination, and tolerant curiosity on all sides.
Monday 12th May

Germany isn't working

Michael Naumann, 12 May 2003
The crisis of Europe’s largest economy - high unemployment, over-regulation and a bloated welfare system - has been compounded by political miscalculation. The Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, will win short-term victory over his internal party critics, but his latest reforms fail to promise what Germany needs: not mere adjustment, but systemic overhaul.
Wednesday 2nd April

War in the ruins of law

Michael Naumann, 2 April 2003
The invasion of Iraq is an assault on reason, morality, and international law itself. It provokes Michael Naumann to agonised memory and grim foreboding: the triumph of pre-emptive war offers to the world a principle of violence unleavened by justice.
Friday 21st March

Blood, sweat and tears

Michael Naumann, 21 March 2003
As the Iraq war he opposed opens, Gerhard Schröder, son of an unknown soldier, confronts two thorn-spiked mountains: tackling economic sclerosis against his own party’s wishes, and rebuilding transatlantic bridges. His former cabinet colleague Michael Naumann cuts through nostalgia to ask: is this Germany dying?
Thursday 6th March

Bush: Home Alone - America's futile attempt to woo its insulted allies

Michael Naumann, 6 March 2003
The US advance toward war has myriad justifications, but is best understood in the framework of a new world order: perpetual war for perpetual peace, says Michael Naumann. Multilateralism is dying, but what will take its place? At the least, existing nuclear powers like North Korea look set to buttress their defences...
Thursday 27th February

The end of Realpolitik

Michael Naumann, 27 February 2003
The coming US war in Iraq will create a graveyard of hope. In its promise of war without end, and blindness towards its catastrophic political consequences, America is ignoring lessons of history that Europe has bitterly learned.
Monday 10th February

Between Rumsfeld and France

Michael Naumann, 10 February 2003
In the first of a regular column, the chief editor and publisher of Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper mordantly reflects on the ripples in Germany created by Donald Rumsfeld’s verbal hand grenade. Amidst US amnesia, British perfidy, and Polish betrayal, what will Chancellor Gerhard Schröder do next?
Monday 2nd September

Germany's Momentous Election

Michael Naumann, 2 September 2002
It is rare for a national election in the EU to have world importance. But this month’s general election in Germany could alter the culture and politics of Europe. It could also decide how isolated the USA may be, if it invades Iraq. This is Michael Naumann’s daily diary, which follows the German people’s momentous decision and its consequences.
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