Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’ Nuclear Power? Germany Says ‘Nein Danke’
The transition to a low-carbon future is ambitious and, so far, has been remarkably smooth.
Feb 29, 2012 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
The Arrest of Ratko Mladic: A Victory for the EU The Arrest of Ratko Mladic: A Victory for the EU
The path is now open for Serbia’s entry into the Union. But Serbian society has just begun the hard work of coming to terms with the country’s role in perpetrating war ...
May 27, 2011 / Paul Hockenos
Europe’s Rising Islamophobia Europe’s Rising Islamophobia
What makes it so lethal is that it has broad appeal—from the far left to the far right.
Apr 21, 2011 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Central Europe’s Right-Wing Populism Central Europe’s Right-Wing Populism
The EU's neoliberal economic reforms have undermined public faith in democratic politics.
May 5, 2010 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Letter From Berlin: Twenty Years After Letter From Berlin: Twenty Years After
The commemorations marking the fall of the Wall were joyous. But divisions still plague unified Germany.
Nov 10, 2009 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Germany’s Turkish Obama Germany’s Turkish Obama
Might a Deutschturke one day become chancellor of Germany? The prospect lies in the distant future.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Taz Year Thirty Taz Year Thirty
Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.
May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos
German Greens and Pax Europa German Greens and Pax Europa
Joschka Fischer envisions a European alternative to American hegemony.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Dispatch From Germany Dispatch From Germany
I came across a sign the other day, inelegantly scrawled on cardboard and stuck to a telephone pole. It read Fuck Bush.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
A Greener Germany A Greener Germany
In the future, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his Social Democrats will have reason to treat their junior coalition partner, the Greens, with more respect.
Sep 25, 2002 / Editorial / Paul Hockenos