Dutch novelist, poet and travel writer who reported on the Hungarian revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall ...

The saga of the rise and fall of the Third Reich could be traced by following events in any one of the countries occupied by the Nazis. Jane Rogoyska has refined this approach by focusing on what ...

The producers of "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away" are working with Union Station to retell a famous bit of world history during the World Cup.

During the Second World War, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was Lise ...

SOME time ago, it was quite a bit of fun to trash Francis Fukuyama. Fukuyama, we all know, had declared the end of history: ...

Say what you like about Donald Trump, but he recently renamed the US's Department of Defence, the Department of War. Ireland doesn't even have a stand-alone Minister for Defence.

Germany has recorded more cases of violent right-wing crime in 2025 than the previous year. The Berlin International Film ...

Otherwise, Africa risks repeating a familiar tragedy: Revolutionary promise cut short, followed by renewed dependency and despair. That is the real dilemma before us, not democracy versus ...

The Germans and the Poles are re-arming hard, raising defence spending both in absolute terms and as a share of GDP. France, Italy and Spain don’t see the urgency or can’t afford to. The result is new ...

Paul Patterson was the first longstanding Black employee, and first Black executive, in Chicago Bears history. Jack M Silverstein explores Patterson’s journey here.

Since summer 2025, Russian authorities have struggled to find the thousands of soldiers needed to replenish units suffering ever heavier losses. They have kept the threat of a general mobilization ...

Heavy tanks are the largest cavalry meant to face off against other tanks. This means they have the thickest armor and biggest gun, trading off mobility for enhanced protection and firepower. Because ...