What Erdoğan Has Wrought?
Seeking concessions to support Finland and Sweden joining NATO has done damage to Turkey’s standing in Europe and its long-term security interests.
Gerhard Schröder
Henry Kissinger’s Long History of Appeasing Dictatorships
He’s spent decades cultivating a friendship with Putin, but he’s also advocated for Iran and China.
Op-eds
Mercedes-Benz Must Crack Down on Antisemitism and Support for Iran
Political leaders in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg have shown no desire to end their promotion of BDS and support for the clerical regime in Tehran.
Op-eds
Make NATO great again
NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, articulated the military alliance’s mission succinctly: “Keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans...
Op-eds
The Chilcot Report
The Chilcot report on the Iraq war ought to elicit two emotions: sympathy and pity for former British prime minister Tony Blair. As was evident by late 2002, when Europeans saw the fri...
Op-eds
Germans are Using Holocaust Street Memorials to Bash Israel
There is an increasing tendency among Germans devoted to commemorating the Holocaust to turn Jewish victims into a whipping boy to criticize Israelis and advance the Palestinian cause. ...
Op-eds
Rift Widens As Germany Alienates NATO Allies
Germany's decision to abandon its Western allies by abstaining on the UN Security Council's March vote to approve a no-fly zone over Libya created a profound rift between Chancell...
Op-eds
Germany: EU Iran Sanctions Don’t Prohibit Hamburg Bank
BERLIN – The German government last week denied that German authorities plan to pull the plug on the Hamburg-based Iranian EIH bank (Europaeisch- Iranische Handelsbank). Speaking during an...
Op-eds
Why is Germany Playing Down Radical Islam?
On the cover of Monday’s edition of the International Herald Tribune, the headline was, “Germany is annoyed by U.S. terror alert.”The thrust of the report is that Germany has go...
Op-eds
You Take the High Road
Whichever route Bush takes to Scotland, it's likely to be rough trip.
Op-eds
French Revolution; Why the Gallic Grassroots Just Said ‘Non!’
COGNAC, FRANCE - It seems that France, too, has “red states” and “blue states.” Paris and its posh suburbs are blue: They voted for the proposed European Union co...
Op-eds
Save Fathi Eljahmi; A Libyan Dissident Languishes in Gadhafi’s Dungeon
Unless someone with influence acts soon, this column must serve as an obituary for the hopes held out earlier this year of political reform in Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. More concretely, we ma...
Op-eds
The Price of Spain’s Appeasement
The savage terror attack in Madrid was said to be Europe's 9-11. To many observers March 11 quickly became Spain's day of infamy. Instead, March 14, the day of the Spanish elections, ha...