Memo to Obama, Merkel, and the rest: This world of power, politics and terror is not run by...
History shows that every economic miracle eventually loses its magic. How much longer can China...
Im Namen der Sicherheit sammeln die NSA und andere Dienste alle Daten, die sie bekommen können. Nur...
A bomb-and-run attack against Assad would salve the West's guilty conscience but leave the country...
Josef Joffe, spécialiste allemand des relations internationales, pointe les faiblesses de...
Rebalancing U.S. forces is inevitable ? and a threat to world stability
President Obama, one year on
Why Europeans Lose Faith and Americans Keep Praying
More than just Communism ended in 1989; 2,000 Years of Bloodshed came in to a close
In a new world, Europe's social democratic parties are struggling to stay relevant
The false prophecy of America's decline has returned with a vengeance
As others see us
The E.U. must recognize its strengths (and Russias's weeknesses) as it pushes Moscow to be more...
America went it alone, according to this comprehensive history of foreign policy
The U.S. led the way into the global financal crisis, but it's also likely to emerge from the mess...
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.
Bismarks`s Reich has been replaced with "asluggishly centrist regime that is almost boring in its normalcy."
The 1914-1990 war
on what all the fuss is about
Nicholas Ridley`s last stand was couched in the rhetoric of warfare, but nationalism is not what it used to be, says Josef Joffe- the reality lies in balance of payments ledgers
Money, ja; ideolgy, nein
Josef Joffe wonders at Moscow`s continuing inaction as more East Germans head for the West and its European strategic lynchpin visibly disintegrates by the day