When we talk about "the world", we usually do not refer to its territorial political divisions, or its military and economic status quo or, more grandly, to that
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 com
The Council of Europe, the European Commission, members of the European parliament, politicians from across Europe including Germanys new foreign minister, Frank Steinmeier are shaken, stupefied and outraged as
If it were not for the occasional TV talk show, one would not know that Germany is in the middle of an election campaign in advance of the expected 18
It is a strange moment in Germany. Summer has arrived with a vengeance, and millions of the countrys citizens are spending billions of euros on Mediterranean, Thai, Florida, or
Lets remember Muhammad Alis last fight against George Foreman in 1974. For eight rounds the champion was pummelled and punished by his gargantuan opponent, hiding, evading, ducking and
Daniel Mittler must be kidding: Germans mostly still have access to high wages... Access? To use an American advertising phrase: We make our money in the old-fashioned way. We earn
The Italian prime minister, speaking in the European Parliament on 2 July as his country assumed its six-month presidency of Europe, immediately responded to vocal criticism from the German MEP
Whenever a government plans to raise taxes on cigarettes, smokers know that the whole nation is in trouble. This is certainly true for Germany. 110,000 Germans die of cigarette-induced
Many years ago, at Bletchley Park near Oxford where the German security code Enigma was deciphered during the second world war, an elderly English gentleman at a security policy conference
Gerhard Schröder firmly believes that Germany will only begin to modernise when its people have no choices left. The German Chancellor is now struggling for his survival. After Bush proclaimed
It was a weekend of success in the war against terrorism. Osama bin Ladens chief strategic planner was captured in Pakistan. However, this war only serves to legitimise the
