Several attacks on the West have occured in the last couple of years. What are the options of the West?
Hybrid Warfare
Category: World Affairs
The Model Pupils under Pressure
The successes were astounding; the world sometimes looked enviously and sometimes ignorantly at the nations of Asia, especially those of the East and the Southeast. After the experience of various pandemics, swine flu, Sars and Mers, these countries were able to achieve considerable successes and show the West in particular its shortcomings. Now, however, they… Continue reading The Model Pupils under Pressure
The new Barbarism
Two developments are currently damaging the social and moral foundations of the West. The first is the liberal market faith of the conservatives, which began its triumphant march across the Western world and beyond from Great Britain in the 1980s and is commonly referred to as neoliberalism. The second is the adaptation of this worldview… Continue reading The new Barbarism
Merkel’s Successor
The moment Angela Merkel announced her resignation as party leader of the CDU, a number of politicians put themselves in position to aspire to the post, and with it, of course, the chancellorship. Five candidates stood out, Ursula von der Leyen, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Friedrich Merz, Markus Söder (for the CSU) and, of course, the Union's… Continue reading Merkel’s Successor
A dusty Relationship
Germany and Namibia have a long and painfull, but partly shared history together. How could it´s future look like?
The powerless World Power
The European Union often tries to present itself as one of the major players in world politics. As a counterpart to China and Russia, as an equal partner to the United States of America. Yet there is little to suggest in recent years that this self-assertion is justified. The European nations, and above all Germany,… Continue reading The powerless World Power
The foreign policy of Armin Laschet
Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the CDU has played an overriding role in shaping policy as a whole, including foreign policy. Under Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the FRG, Germany was tied to the US-dominated West, a fundamental decision that still determines the country's foreign policy today. Under Helmut Kohl,… Continue reading The foreign policy of Armin Laschet
The Foreign Policy of the Left
The Left Party had not played a role in the foreign policy of the Federal Republic until now. After all, it is the successor party to the SED, which established a one-party dictatorship in the former German Democratic Republic, largely controlled from Moscow. After reunification, it sought its way into the politics of the Federal… Continue reading The Foreign Policy of the Left
Liberal Foreign Policy
The FDP has played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, having provided the country's Foreign Minister from 1969 to 1998, with an interruption of barely three weeks. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, in particular, has played an outstanding role in this, as he was also involved in the preparations for… Continue reading Liberal Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy of the SPD
This year, the Social Democratic Party of Germany was the first party to present a finished election programme. Yet the SPD is currently in a difficult situation. In the last federal elections, the veteran workers' party had to accept its worst election result since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, every… Continue reading The Foreign Policy of the SPD
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