German language

August 9, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

An open call to murder Jews in a Belgian magazine

The pain caused by contemporary antisemitism is partly rooted in the fact that we can’t ignore it.

May 1, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

The ideological cocktail poisoning American campuses

Woke warriors add neo-Nazism to the neo-Marxist/Islamist mix

April 26, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Columbia University’s antisemitic tradition is alive and well

Nicholas Murray Butler’s spirit lives on—in both the approach of the current appeasing, spineless and incompetent administration, and in the fetid antisemitic beliefs of the student protesters.

April 12, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ

The bitter irony is that it is the country’s far-left leadership, aligned with the dictatorships in Venezuela and Cuba, that should be in the dock.

April 12, 2024 | |

Germany Rejects Nicaragua’s ‘Biased’ ICJ Case

Germany roundly rejected Nicaragua’s accusation that it was facilitating Israel’s purported genocide in Gaza at an April 9 hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)....

February 28, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is bringing new risks to Europe

China’s grand vision of the world-changing BRI may have not been realised, but something else is emerging in its wake — a powerful lever to bend authoritarian-leaning countries toward Chinese interests

September 25, 2023 | Aaron MacLean |

Realism meets reality

A new book by two leading advocates of the realist school of International Relations inadvertently demonstrates the enduring importance of history, literature and philosophy when dealing with geopolitical crises.

September 15, 2023 | John Hardie |

Ukraine Might Finally Get ATACMS. Here’s What That Means.

Media reports suggest Washington may soon grant Kyiv’s longstanding request for the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS. While not a silver bullet, ATACMS would provide Ukraine with valuable...

February 1, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Soldiers of Misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing

December 13, 2022 | Caleb Weiss |

German national freed in the Sahel after years of jihadist captivity

Late last week, German national Jorg Lange was freed in the Sahel after spending the last four years being held by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (more commonly known as the Islamic State in the Greater...

November 5, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘Quad needs to befriend Bougainville, not just Papua New Guinea’

‘China may be getting ready to do in PNG what it has already pulled off in the Solomon Islands. Is it really smart for Australia, let alone its diplomatic friends in the Quad to bet everything on PNG?’

August 12, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Ivana Stradner

Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth

When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.

June 18, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Emelie Chace-Donahue, Madison Urban, Matt Chauvin

Extremist Travel to Ukraine Is a Cause for Concern, Not Alarm

While some individuals with connections to violent extremism have indeed traveled to Ukraine, a mass influx of ideologically driven fighters has thus far not materialized.

January 30, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ben Evansky

Is the Biden administration seeking to rejoin controversial UN agency accused of aiding Iran and North Korea?

UNIDO has been accused of helping U.S enemies

November 29, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, Aykan Erdemir

Turkey is Collateral Damage in Erdoğan’s Hostage Diplomacy

His erratic policies scare away tourists and foreign capital.

August 31, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Financial Watchdog Cracks Down on Turkish Public Lender’s German Subsidiary

Germany’s financial regulatory authority on August 26 announced a series of punitive measures against an unnamed financial institution that journalists have identified as Ziraat Bank International AG,...

August 15, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ben Evansky

Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program

Gerd Müller prepares to outline his plans for UNIDO during the final week of August

July 7, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The US Must Punish Iran’s Regime For Its Lethal Homophobia

As LGBTQ Pride Month concludes in the free and democratic world, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s totalitarian regime continues to violently oppress and eliminate sexual minorities. The existence of the...

April 16, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, John Hardie

The Biden Administration Reverses Trump’s Mistake in Germany

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that the United States will bolster its military presence in Germany, reversing Trump-era withdrawal plans. The decision represents an important step...

October 21, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Beijing’s new world order

For countless centuries, tribes have fought and conquered other tribes, nations have fought and conquered other nations, empires have fought and conquered other empires. After World War II, a different...