A dysfunctional unilateralism characterises intergovernmental relations in Australia.
AAP/Lukas Coch
The reality is that intergovernmental relations are not the strong point of federal systems generally. But some do it better than others.
EPA/Sebastian Kahnert
Chancellor Angela Merkel wouldn’t like to see Britain leave the EU, but a remain vote is not necessarily an easy option either.
Egyptian refugees fleeing Libya with the help of the US Air Force.
US Department of Defence
Surely it isn’t too far-fetched to claim that if migrants are to promote democracy back home, it is beneficial for them to experience democratic values and principles in the countries hosting them.
Voters in traditional dress wait to cast their ballots in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
EPA/Patrick Seeger
Rule one: don’t lose ‘ownership’ of the issue.
Merkel took a hit at the polls but so have most other European leaders.
Thomas Dämmrich
It’s true that the establishment has been shaken, but immigration isn’t the only reason voters are looking elsewhere.
Ted Cruz and his backpfeifengesicht?
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Even if you don’t have a word for it, you can make one up.
May 1968 students’ protest in Berlin.
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Probably no other country has struggled as hard to come to terms with its past as Germany. Here’s what students contributed to that struggle.
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Is Berlin’s underground scene in danger of going to the wall?
Laying the groundwork. Workers prepare for this week’s meeting.
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The world economy needs China, but Beijing has needs of its own. No wonder the leadership is putting so much effort into a year of negotiation.
Germany is eyeing an uncertain future.
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Germany’s oddly slapdash way of managing welfare for the elderly is pricking the bubble of economic stability.
A Harper’s Weekly cartoon of German emigrants boarding a steamer in Hamburg, Germany, 1874.
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Anti-migrant rhetoric is running high in the US – but its star proponent would do well to think about his German roots.
Out of kilter? Deutsche’s CEO makes his pitch.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Is the debt designed to prevent another financial crisis turning on its creators?
Right on queue? Migrants can help European business overcome challenges.
REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
How useful can new migrants be to corporations hoping to grow?
As Cologne prepares for Carnival, Angela Merkel’s moral consensus is falling apart.
Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
The violence in Cologne over New Year’s Eve has undermined the “culture of welcome” so dear to Chancellor Angela Merkel. A European response is all the more urgent to face the populist threat.
The gates at the Buchenwald former Nazi concentration camp.
Ina Fassbender/Reuters
The Nazis incarcerated, sterilised and denied statehoood to black people.
Pushing back against the backlash.
Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
Germany has been a world leader in taking in refugees, but a xenophobic outcry at a wave of sexual assaults puts the government in a tight spot.
A postcard depicts Adolf Hitler posing with a child and a Christmas tree.
Through the Nazification of Christmas, the regime was able to gain the support of ordinary Germans.
Pulling apart the European crisis response.
REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
“First, do no harm”. It’s not clear that European countries even got that right as they navigated their way through the aftermath.
Reuters/Fabian Bimmer
Angela Merkel is entering her first proper war by joining the campaign against Islamic State.
German migration to South Australia provides a useful comparison point on how to comprehend and work with the Muslim community today.
State Library of South Australia
The story of German migration to South Australia can highlight the experience of diverse communities, and what can happen to them in a time of serious conflict.