The close result in the German election will clip Kohl`s political wings.
If all is peaches and cream, why should the United States remain in this place?
German leaders view Yugoslavia through the prism of past wars
June 6, 1944, deserves a double entry in the history books
Helmut Kohl remains a red-hot Maastricht man but this electorate's ardour is cooling
memories of the Second World War cannot simply be wiped out for the sake of international harmony.
The problem is to distinguish between "what people say in public, what they said or merely though in private, and, not least, what they think or say now that they thought or said then." Tet this sink in and you`ll undestand the...
The Kremlin need not worry. Clinton has alresdy conceded the game
Political stablishments are under fire everywhere, but protest voting can be an affirmation of democracy.
Those who shape the world most also gain most
Josef Joffe on why Germany should not have a seat on the UN Security Council
The clinton team treats Europe with absentmindedness and exasperation
Kohl, the brilliant tactican, had committed a strategic blunder
Europa
Munich `92 is not Municj `23, and Bonn is not Weimar.
The Bundesbank was obeying orders
German commentator Josef Joffe on the lessons of currency crisis
All talk and no action. Commitment without clout. European diunity over the Balkan crisis is the symptom of a deeper paralysis.
If we go in, how and when do we get out? And if we go in to each the murderous Serbs a lesson, are we prepared for repeat performances in the civil wars of the former Soviet Union?
It would be futile foe Europe to intervene
As usual, the West`s leaders accomplished little at the economic summit, argues Josef Joffe. They should go to more working funerals instead
Frei oder haltlos: Deutsche Diplomatie nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges
Germans want European unity in principle. But, says Josef Joff, they do not want to lose their sence of national identity
Is the National Symbol in Danger?
The Little Englanders should be reassured that Germany has more in Commeon with Britain than with France.
The empire is dead. Now what about the ghosts of yesteryear?
The empire is dead. Now what about the ghosts of yesterday?
germany is one now, but an invisible wall of mind and spirit still seperates the modern West from the backward East.
Zum Tod von Ignatz Bubis
Defeating Saddam Hussein won`t ensure stability in the Persian Gulf, argues Josef Joffe. An American presence will be needed.
The 1914-1990 war
on what all the fuss is about