Essay: Why Europe is sleepwalking in Ukraine
In an essay for the liberal Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer, I analyse why Europe seems to be so indifferent about a military escalation in Ukraine.
Tag: History
Erzberger lectures in Southern Germany
I presented the new biography at two events at Matthias Erzberger’s birthplace in Southern Germany.
Presentation in Brussels on Nuremberg Trials
I spoke at a conference in Brussels on the lessons from the Nuremberg war crimes trials – 75 years after the verdicts.
Book review: ‘Orders of Exclusion’ in the Global Policy Journal
For the Global Policy Journal, I reviewed Kyle M. Lascurettes’ book ‘Orders of Exclusion’, which provides thought-provoking insights into world history.
Essay in De Groene: Lessons from war and from pandemics
We commemorate wars and genocides, but our collective memory seems unfit to remember other catastrophes like pandemics. An essay about learning from the past.
After Covid-19, expect more international cooperation, not less
Global crises don’t kill multilateralism, but lead to even more international cooperation.