Tarik Cyril Amar, is an historian from Germany at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory.
As the AfD heads to its party congress in Erfurt, Germany’s collapsing mainstream braces for protests, panic, and a deeper political rupture
In the summer...
Berlin’s defeat exposed a state that lectures the world, backs war, excuses hypocrisy, and still expects prestige on demand.
“Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall” (arrogance...
Thomas Massie’s fall shows what really destroys principled US conservatism: not the left, but obedience to the Israeli lobby.
As an inveterate leftie with an...
The difference between ideology and citizens’ lived experience is becoming explosive.
Every political and social order comes in two flavors: What its small elite and...
Washington is using a familiar script: Sanctions, then threats. Next comes force – under a trumped-up false pretext.
American imperialism may be absolutely lawless and...
An ex-aide lays bare the corruption, lies and coercion in Ukraine’s leadership – while Western backing keeps the system alive.
Rudyard Kipling, a modern classic...
Berlin’s years of obedient Atlantic loyalty have ended in troop cuts, shelved missiles, and fresh humiliation from Washington.
Despite what Western mainstream media, think-tanks, and...
The British monarch’s trip showcases an alliance held together by shared complicity and decline.
King Charles III has gone to Washington, ostensibly to help the...