West Germany’s educational reforms in the 1960s and ‘70s show that gaps in knowledge can sometimes create opportunity for rethinking educational methods.
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Some 1 million Syrians were welcomed in Germany after fleeing civil war. They are increasingly unwelcome in a country where politics have swung sharply right.
Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.
Trump’s incoming administration could create certain risks for Germany, including putting more pressure on its weak economy.
The second world war showed that dignity had to be enshrined in law. Defining it in order to do so is no easy task.
If the west fulfils its promise to supply 300 modern main battle tanks to Ukraine, it could be a gamechanger.
The US faces many of the same problems Germans faced after World War II: how to reject, punish and delegitimize the enemies of democracy. There are lessons in how Germany handled that challenge.
After World War II ended in Europe, millions of ethnic Germans faced an uncertain future. The political repercussions of their expulsion continue even today.
East Germans feel alienated and powerless. They see themselves as second-class citizens, while outsiders live high on what is rightfully theirs.
When the wall fell – education equality did too.
Young people from both East and West Germany congregated in nightclubs which were hastily thrown up in the spaces where the Wall had dominated.
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
Though the fall of the Berlin Wall did not bring along the utopia many had hoped for, it is a symbolic moment for the victors of the Cold War.
In the mid-1980s Germany was wracked by a toxic ‘Asyldebatte’ that bears similarities to what’s happening today.
Made up almost entirely of West Germans, the roster of Germany’s national soccer team reflects divisions that remain almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In the age of rampant consumerism, there is nonetheless an odd nostalgia for socialist regimes and symbols. What does it mean?
Comparisons with other immigration systems that deny rights to temporary workers raise questions over Britain’s post-Brexit future.
How will the football influence the vote? Here are the possibilities …
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Professor of Teaching of History, Wayne State University
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Director of Global Languages, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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