Perspectives

When the waves hit the Curonian Lagoon shore

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...

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...

Family Gems

Listening to the Curonian Spit

The thrill of amber, or nature answers in German .....In particular, I felt this on the Curonian Spit, on the brisk Baltic Sea shore with...

Rebalancing Asia

A chapter with Jan Lüdert, Ph.D. "Spatial Conquest by Other Means: Assessing the Belt and Road Initiative’s Geopolitical Impact" is out...

Sapere aude

Arbitrary borders and borders of civilisation Jacques Ancel mainly differentiates between two types of border. On the one hand, there are...

A Clear View Eastwards: Russia and Germany

Oblast Kaliningrad-Königsberg: at the heart of German-Russian cooperation ...Roots, earth and homeland – these are difficult topics for...

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...

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...

Changeons notre façon de penser

Identités et frontières : Comment peut-on respecter et assurer le droit à l’autodétermination des êtres humains sans autant diviser ?...

China, Europe and the G-zero world

What does it mean to live in a world without global leadership? Where is the European Union heading? What impact will Trump’s “America...

Les relations Chine-Europe

Notre monde globalisé traverse un moment décisif de son histoire. Non seulement l'internationalisation de la Chine bouleverse les enjeux...

Belt&Road - the conquest of space

China’s meta-strategy and Europe The driver behind this commercial project is, above all, a new ideology being advanced by the CPC....

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...