A recent survey revealed that continuing tensions with Germany mean that the majority of Greeks have a negative impression of the country generally, as well as of its leadership. Despite…
The historian Hagen Fleischer suggests, Athens justly demands a reimbursement of forced loans from Berlin. Germany, however, is not taking the Greeks seriously. This is cause for bad blood given…
To be sure, I am Austrian, not German. Also to be sure, Austria has had its share of German aggression and humiliation over the centuries. And yet I like Germany…
Curzon Price is clearly right that the “game” is not “chicken.” It is not zero-sum. But the real question is, is it a game?
The media and the centres of economic and political power in Europe try to make us believe that the difficulties in reaching agreement with Greece come from the demands and…
The newly-elected Greek government has no ties with the old political class. Yet the E. U. has given this government only four months to begin to cure a disease that…
It might seem ironic that a German choses Greece over Germany, but I feel that I am German only by citizenship, not by heart.
In a post appeared on his personal blog, the Princeton University economist and New York Times columnist argues that in the case of Greece, "Germany is talking as if it…
In the wake of a rejection of austerity by Greek voters, the president of the United States, in an interview with CNN, sent a clear message to Greece΄s creditors: "When…
To me, Germany of 1953 is a classic example of a mistaken haircut