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.
European leaders are trying to gaslight their populations into believing that it’s Moscow that wants a fight, not them.
Among other things, this particular moment...
The establishment’s “firewall” against opposition parties creates a new East-West divide and a two-tier society.
It’s been more than a third of a century since...
Kaja Kallas’s “surprise” at the role of the Soviets and the Chinese in WWII reveals the ugly incompetence of Western elites.
Kaja Kallas, the European...
The desperate search for a “Russian footprint” in the murder of Ukrainian politician Andrey Parubiy is a symptom of terminal self-delusion.
Power and truth are...
Friedrich Merz thinks he is the savior of the old German establishment. He is really more of a gravedigger.
German chancellor Friedrich Merz has made...
Two high-ranking gravediggers share their Reddit-level advice on resuscitating the bloc.
In the world of Western mainstream media political commentary, not everything is fun. In...
The Washington-Brussels tariff ‘deal’ is unconditional surrender without a war.
In history, some things become clear only in hindsight. For instance, German unification all over...