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Political Genius Flying at Low Altitude
Kati Marton’s subtle biography of Angela Merkel teaches much about political culture and how an exceptional individual can shape it....
Franz Baumann
Franz Baumann, PhD, is a visiting professor at New York University who focuses on the governance of climate change. Prior to entering academia, he worked for the United Nations for over 30 years in many places and capacities. As an assistant secretary-general, his last assignment was special advisor on the environment and peace operations.
Articles
Climate Change, the Problem from Hell
In "Falter," Bill McKibben once more explains nature’s workings, asks profound questions, and tells wonderful stories....
Why Would You Want to Be German?
A new anthology of essays by new Jewish migrants to Germany teems with an odd feeling: patriotism....
Present at the Destruction: Humanity’s Success in Ruining Nature
This unholy alliance of producers, consumers, and parochially focused governments is sleepwalking the Earth off the climate cliff. On "The Water Will Come."...
Fabulous, Tragic Kurt Tucholsky
One of the best-paid German journalists in the 1920s, Kurt Tucholsky was the canary in the coal mine of the Weimar Republic....
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