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Aug 12, 20231 min
The sun rises in the East: A plea for identity, nations and international understanding
My grandparents would never have seen themselves as part of the Western community. They were Prussians and their gaze was always directed...
Aug 3, 20231 min
Die deutsche Seele ist eng mit dem Osten verbunden
Was auch geschehen ist - gemeinsame Geschichte verbindet Völker, Deutsche und Russen bleiben daher immer miteinander verbunden. Nicht...
Apr 10, 202311 min
Der bestirnte Himmel über mir..*
Ein Plädoyer für Bewusstsein und Frieden (deutsche Fassung) *Immanuel Kant: „Zwei Dinge erfüllen das Gemüt mit immer neuer und...
Mar 17, 20231 min
"The starry heavens above me....*
A plea for awareness and peace *Immanuel Kant: " Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often...
Feb 1, 20231 min
“The starry heavens above me..”*
A plea for awareness and peace *Immanuel Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often...
Jan 25, 20231 min
"The starry heavens above me..."* - a plea for awareness and peace
*Immanuel Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon...
Aug 7, 20221 min
Im Rausch des Bernsteins
Der weinende Soldat mit dem Baby im Arm Danke @Königsberger Express, Ausgabe 8/2022
Aug 2, 202212 min
Im Rausch des Bernsteins – der historische Osten Deutschlands – ein Plädoyer für die Menschlichkeit
Ein Essay von Dr. Katja Banik Flucht aus Königsberg, i. Preußen im Januar 1945 Mein liebstes Vaterchen, … Wir wollten rausgehen und auf...
Jun 19, 20221 min
The Thrill of Amber - Germany's Historical East - a Plea for Humanity
The Weeping Soldier and the Baby – On board the freighter Göttingen, January 1945 My maternal relatives – my grandma with her three...
Mar 29, 20211 min
Sapere aude
Arbitrary borders and borders of civilisation Jacques Ancel mainly differentiates between two types of border. On the one hand, there are...
Dec 8, 20201 min
Borders and identities - Let us change our way of thinking
The real problem does not stem from the issue of borders. Borders will always exist, even in the globalised world. “There are no problems...
Oct 5, 20201 min
Assessing Securitization: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Napoleon warned: “Let China sleep; when she awakes, she will shake the world”. As China awakens, the world around it is rumbling with the...
Aug 25, 20201 min
Borders and identities
“We intend to be kind to everyone. We have many friends. But just as importantly, we aspire to remain ourselves.”– Lee Kuan Yen...
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