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 (0)

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

19 Jan 09 | Comments (1)

Encountering the real Jörg Haider

The life and death of Jörg Haider, the most influential and charismatic politician of Europe’s far right, raises uncomfortable questions, writes Klaus Neumann

31 Oct 08 | Comments (0)