Joschka Fischer

Greens in Germany pick son of Turks as leader

The election of Cem Ozdemir, 42, born in southern Germany of parents who had come from Turkey during the 1960s, marks a major turning point not only for the opposition Greens, but also for the country as a whole.

Somaly Mam from Cambodia is the winner of the first Roland Berger Human Dignity Award

Today, slavery and human trafficking are flourishing more than ever before. In speaking out against the violation of human dignity and the disregard of fundamental human rights, the Roland Berger Foundation will present the...

German recession fails to slake thirst for beer

Germans may be in the middle of a recession but at least two things remain constant: beer drinking and saving. Even in the recovery from the last recession earlier this decade, when Germany resumed its role as world champion...

Shlomo Ben-Ami and John Bell: A Middle Eastern Union?

TOLEDO, SPAIN – This autumn, the Toledo International Centre for Peace convened a meeting devoted to water cooperation in the Middle East. One conclusion that emerged was that any effective response to the unequal distribution...

Interview with William Drozdiak: 'The US Is Actually Serious About Ending Unilateralism'

William Drozdiak, 59, the president of the American Council on Germany who helped prepare Barack Obama's Berlin visit in July 2008, talks to SPIEGEL ONLINE about the new focus of US foreign policy under Barack Obama.

Fischer urges Merkel to be 'more decisive'

By Bertrand Benoit in Berlin Germany has renounced any claim to leadership in shaping Europe’s response to the financial and economic crises and is acting purely nationally, Joschka Fischer, the country’s former foreign...

Prize in Germany to Italian author Magris

Frankfurt - Italian author Claudio Magris, 69, on Monday received a top German award for ideas. The 20,000-euro (26,000-dollar) Walter Hallstein Prize was presented in the city of Frankfurt. "My dream is of a European state,"...

Joschka Fischer: Europe in Wonderland

BERLIN – Europe and its national governments are basking in their new capacity to act – and not without reason. Who would have dared, even a few weeks ago, to predict that in the end it would be the divided Europeans, not the...

"Country First" to Be Obama's Motto

Simon K. Koschut: President-elect Obama faces a tough challenge once he takes office. The world is expecting change from America, but they shouldn't hope for too much, too fast. Instead, in countries like Germany, the question...

A Middle Eastern Union?

TOLEDO, SPAIN: This autumn, the Toledo International Centre for Peace convened a meeting devoted to water cooperation in the Middle East. One conclusion that emerged was that any effective response to the unequal distribution...

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