War becomes the twin of communication: the development of media has not only changed how warfare is reported, but also how it’s fought. The working rule of the warriors is to spread strategic information and …
In the beginning was (…) Adenauer. So might begin a “scripture” on the history of the early Federal Republic. After 1949, the first Federal Chancellor, whom no one knows today, was instrumental in Germany’s accession …
Why was the German government and much of the German public so surprised by the invasion and Russian atrocities? Why did it take three months for the German public to understand the truth about this …
Afina, Usein, Maria, Jasim – a Greek Roumean, a Crimean Tatar, a Swede and a Turkish-Meskhetian, all from Ukraine, all living on the edge – when the attack on nationals, labelled minorities, is life-threatening, calling …
Russia’s war against Ukraine is an attempt to settle outstanding post-imperial scores and consolidate spheres of influence. It is also about real and perceived cultural and political boundaries in Europe, including the old familiar problem …
The egregious crimes against Ukraine’s civilian population might just be too much for the International Criminal Court to handle. Not only does it lack resources but it also doesn’t have jurisdiction over the crime of …
The Ukrainian art that was destroyed – and the art that never happened Ukrainian artists are struggling to invent a new language to express their experience of the war, one that goes beyond tropes and …
The news that the defenders of Mariupol had left the underground of the Azovstal steelworks for Russian captivity brought no relief to their families or to Ukrainian society. If this war had been fought according …
A changing view of the recent past. České Budějovice decided to remove Valentina Těreškovová’s name from the list of honorary citizens of the city, where it had been since the late 1970s. Predictable protests are …
Lacking a positive national identity, Russians continue to be governed by a dangerous imperial mindset that betrays both subservience and aggression. Putin has cynically built on this dubious foundation. The cliché that the war against …
