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Why Elon Musk and other titans of Silicon Valley and Wall Street supported Donald Trump

In a fascinating new book, an East German sociologist elaborates why German unification did not – and could not – result in a uniform German identity. It never will.

In the USA, the judicial branch of government has done a disservice to democracy.

According to Moshe Zimmermann, extremists on both sides have been obstructing the peace process in the Near East for a long time

The acronym “BIPoC” is a self-designation that symbolises solidarity between people who have experienced racial discrimination. The term is not suitable for categorising social contexts or specific people.

A new German primer elaborates how antisemitism has changed in history and how it keeps changing

Development cooperation is better than the conventional wisdom admits

A German sociologist’s systems theory highlights limits of global governance

The greatest problem in the Israel-Palestine conflict is that both sides have reason to believe the other one wants to destroy them.

A six-point road map for reconciliation in the Middle East