Monatsarchive: Februar 2025

Wolfgang Streeck: 2008 was a first warning that this way of life of capitalism — to live on a continuously growing mountain of borrowed money — could not continue forever. And then, of course, came the pandemic and the war … Weiterlesen →

New York Post: Trump said he has a concrete plan to end the war. “I hope it’s fast. Every day people are dying. This war is so bad in Ukraine. I want to end this damn thing.” Addressing National Security … Weiterlesen →

It was for this reason that Gorbachëv initiated a series of public debates. The policy was encapsulated in the slogan of glasnost. This is a difficult word to translate, broadly connoting ‚openness‘, ‚a voicing‘ and ‚a making public‘. Gorbachëv‘s choice … Weiterlesen →

Spiegel: Es sind Augenblicke, in denen deutlich wird: Hier stehen sich zwei Konzepte, zwei politische Ansätze gegenüber.

Almut Rochowanski, Jacobin: Under the ruling Georgian Dream party, Georgia might have excelled at adopting the technocratic reforms prescribed by its Western partners, but the latter nevertheless tried to squeeze Georgian Dream out of power. First partially, via a power-sharing … Weiterlesen →

Lukas Hermsmeier, Die Wochenzeitung: Wie nennt man es, wenn eine Regierung gezielt Gesetze bricht und die Gewalten­teilung untergräbt? Wenn sie Bürgerrechte, Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Medien bekämpft, sodass demokratische Mechanismen immer weniger greifen? Wenn rechtsradikale Privatunternehmer plötzlich das Land lenken, ohne jegliche … Weiterlesen →

Between Gulf Wars I and II I clearly remember hearing Harris read from his book Our War on calling Vietnam “a mistake”: While it may be an accurate conclusion, calling the war a mistake is the functional equivalent of calling … Weiterlesen →