War memorials and faded names on plaques have lost their power to remind us of battlefield realities in the past. …
The arc of world war memories
8. 8. 2022
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War memorials and faded names on plaques have lost their power to remind us of battlefield realities in the past. …
Today's world once again demands strength and the ability to defend oneself. But these manly virtues have almost disappeared from …
Hans-Hermann Tiedje, former advisor to Helmut Kohl, has entered the debate about German culpability in the current war in Ukraine. …
Testimonies of women in war Who can focus on interior design after the massacres of Mariupol, Borodyanka and Bucha? Ukrainian …
Out of cities and work, India´s working women struggle to rebuild their lives. Millions of internal migrants were sent back …
The war in Ukraine is strengthening Europe's internal constitutionalism. It redefines the East-West divide and replaces the conventional Cold War …
Russia and China are working together to limit US influence. They claim that real democracy is in their countries, not …
Putin’s Ukraine war is drawing a curtain on ‘Pax Rossica’, the notion that Russia can dominate the post-Soviet Eurasian landmass. …
The news in America is full of the recent ruling by the Supreme Court, which in a landmark decision, overturned …
The US Supreme Court has overturned two landmark cases that protected a woman’s rights over her own body for 50 …
The unspoken aspect of war It’s easy to get exhausted soon after startling news breaks. But dealing with a limited …
The generation of late baby boomers to which I belong is unlikely to see normalized relations or even friendly relations …
The second Czech presidency of the European Union will be little burdened by the memory of the inglorious end of …
As the shock of war gives way to reflection, Ukrainian public discourse has turned to questions of the past, present …
War becomes the twin of communication: the development of media has not only changed how warfare is reported, but also …
In the beginning was (…) Adenauer. So might begin a "scripture" on the history of the early Federal Republic. After …
Why was the German government and much of the German public so surprised by the invasion and Russian atrocities? Why …
Afina, Usein, Maria, Jasim – a Greek Roumean, a Crimean Tatar, a Swede and a Turkish-Meskhetian, all from Ukraine, all …
Russia's war against Ukraine is an attempt to settle outstanding post-imperial scores and consolidate spheres of influence. It is also …