Andy Lamey’s book, Frontier Justice, would make useful reading for the prime minister’s expert panel on asylum seekers, writes Klaus Neumann
19 Jul 12 Comments (0)After the tears
An emotional parliamentary debate failed to come to grips with why people move and why we sometimes worry about it, writes Klaus Neumann
02 Jul 12 Comments (0)Varieties of historical justice
The Nuremberg trials were not typical of how the Allies dispensed justice after the second world war, writes Klaus Neumann
05 Jun 12 Comments (0)Günter Grass, again
The Nobel laureate’s latest intervention in public debate says more about him than about the Middle East, writes Klaus Neumann. But it also draws attention to broader attitudes in Germany
19 Apr 12 Comments (5)The politics of compassion
Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann
01 Mar 12 Comments (0)Crisis management
Perhaps ten million displaced people live in camps, often for years or even decades, writes Klaus Neumann
26 Aug 11 Comments (0)Matters of the heart
Compassion as a motivator for action is overrated, writes Klaus Neumann, but Go Back to Where You Came from is a reminder that it’s not a bad starting point
30 Jun 11 Comments (3)Trading refugees
There’s an opportunity in the agreement with Malaysia, but the government isn’t likely to take it, writes Klaus Neumann
09 May 11 Comments (2)How the Greens took Baden-Württemberg
Thirty-two years after Three Mile Island, an accident in a far-away nuclear facility has once again altered Germany’s political landscape. Klaus Neumann looks at two turning points in the fortunes of the nuclear industry
28 Mar 11 Comments (2)East of the west
BOOKS | The Impossible Border brings an important period in German history out of the shadow of the Nazi era, writes Klaus Neumann
28 Jan 11 Comments (0)Whatever happened to the right of asylum?
The tragic events at Christmas Island this week are a reminder of the importance of the right to seek asylum. But the debate about refugees and asylum seekers is confused by a misunderstanding of the origins of the 1951 Refugee Convention, writes Klaus Neumann
16 Dec 10 Comments (2)Everything was Friede Freude Eierkuchen
Prompted by the twentieth anniversary of German reunification in October 1990, Klaus Neumann dusts off an article he wrote in 1991
14 Oct 10 Comments (0)Remembering refugees
The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann
20 Aug 10 Comments (0)Strange days on Christmas Island
A visit to Australia’s most remote outpost highlights the failure of the federal government to lead a rational debate, writes Klaus Neumann
24 Jun 10 Comments (1)Dreaming of the Deutschmark
Germans aren’t really opposed to the Greek bail-out, they’re just nostalgic for a half-imagined past, writes Klaus Neumann
14 May 10 Comments (1)Jamaica for Germany?
More than ever before, the real business of forming government in Germany will happen after this month’s election, writes Klaus Neumann
10 Sep 09 Comments (1)Rights versus compassion
Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann
03 Jun 09 Comments (0)The past as it wasn’t
Lauded overseas, The Baader Meinhof Complex is a flawed account of an important part of modern German history, writes Klaus Neumann
15 Apr 09 Comments (0)Close to home
Part of the international success of Bernard Schlink’s novel, The Reader, reflects a mistaken view of contemporary Germany, writes Klaus Neumann
17 Mar 09 Comments (0)Obama’s soliloquy
The author of Dreams from my Father has the character, intellect and instincts for the job, writes Klaus Neumann
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