Democracies can fail. Current events have raised the question of how stable or fragile democratic structures are, and whether ...

An agreement has been reached regarding property confiscated from the Hohenzollern family: Items currently displayed in ...

Abschied was written just before the Nazi takeover. It reads in the breathless, immediate manner it was conceived.

Like the Trump-supporting Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, the perpetrators of the Kapp Putsch escaped punishment and accountability.

In completing a circular, 17-day tour of Germany recently, it was impossible not to observe the meticulous beauty of the ...

Not only Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark or Prussia have a Royal past. Bavaria was a monarchy, too. "Gott mit dir, du Land der Bayern, deutsche Erde, Vaterland!" are the ...

At gigantic open-air concerts in Berlin, Frankfurt and Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the 75-year-old rock star from New Jersey has interspersed short but poignant political speeches to describe the dangers ...

By contrast, the United States in 2025 has until now had a strong democratic tradition, stable institutions and a military ...

Many horrific acts of injustice occurred in Nazi courts but, in many ways they helped facilitate Hitler's rise to power.

Robert Kaplan’s latest book on big geopolitical questions reflects a shift away from high-minded ideals in US establishment thought. But instead of self-critical pragmatism, what he offers as a ...

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.