Poet, essayist, journalist and social critic, he held wide influence among a postwar literary generation with works as intellectual as they were political.
Tag: Germany
How a German State Helped Russia Complete Nord Stream 2
The threat of U.S. sanctions jeopardized completion of a second direct gas pipeline from Russia. So Gazprom and German officials concocted a phony climate foundation to get the job done.
Germans Turn to Heat Pumps to Replace Gas Furnaces
The boxy machines look and function like large air-conditioners on reverse, but Germans hope they hold the key to Europe’s push for fossil-free heating.
NATO Nations Grow More Receptive to US Pleas to Confront China
After the pain of an energy crisis brought on by the Ukraine war, Europe is keen to reduce its strategic vulnerabilities to China, not to speak of other authoritarian governments.
Missiles for Poland May Disrupt NATO’s Stance on Ukraine War
NATO is determined to help Ukraine battle Russia, but wants no direct part of the war. A new promise of air defense weapons for Poland may make that more complicated.
For Western Weapons, the Ukraine War Is a Beta Test
Though the battle for Ukraine remains largely a grinding artillery war, new advances in technology and training there are being closely monitored for the ways they are starting to shape combat.
German Government Nationalizes Gas Unit Seized From Gazprom
The former Gazprom Germania, a subsidiary of the Russian state-owned gas monopoly, is deemed essential to Germany’s energy security.
Can the Rhine River Be Saved From Climate Change?
Germany has embarked on an ambitious and expensive effort to preserve the river’s historical role as a vital transportation link. But will it work?
KFC Apologizes for Kristallnacht Promotion
An automated push notification sent in error by KFC Germany conflated the notorious 1938 pogrom and “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”
84 Years Later, a Rare Look at the Nazi Attacks of Kristallnacht
The photographs of the assaults on Jews during the 1938 pogrom, which is widely commemorated as the start of the Holocaust, had been kept by a former American serviceman.