Commentary / World Feb 12, 2018
Forget fake news — worry about fake history Oscars
Two movies about Britain in 1940 — "Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour" — have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Both movies are full of historical nonsense.
Denis Macshane
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Commentary / World Sep 25, 2017
So what's next for Emmanuel Macron?
Four months after Emmanuel Macron became president of France, the French and the rest of Europe still don't know what they are getting.
Commentary / World Mar 29, 2015
Forgotten Balkans look set to plague the 21st century
Twenty years after 1945, Germany was at peace with its neighbors and had normal diplomatic relations with the countries it once occupied. Nearly 20 years since the massacre at Srebenica, no final settlement is in sight for the Balkan region from Croatia to Greece.
Commentary / World Mar 8, 2015
Cameron's disappearing act
A German newspaper is leading a chorus of cruel comments about how British Prime Minister David Cameron shines nowadays by his absence on the international stage.