The New York Times recently reported that the Trump administration is "considering a radical overhaul" of the refugee system in the U.S. that would, in the publication's estimation, "favor white ...

As a new annual citywide festival begins in November celebrating the city’s liberal character, James March explores how Berlin’s complicated past informs its unbridled present ...

Germany's defence minister is confident its fractious ruling coalition can agree on a new model of military service in time ...

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The most common cause of dam failures is overtopping where the spillway cannot cope with floodwaters. Reservoir safety may also be challenged by rapid or sustained water level lowering during droughts ...

Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany ...

After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...

Learn about the recent suspension of The Harvard Salient magazine and the controversy surrounding its publication of ...

A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe ...

Currency debasement lowers a currency's value by diluting precious metals in coins or increasing money supply, leading to inflation. Learn history and real-world examples.

Though the Great Crash of 1929 preceded the Great Depression, weak banks and a shaky property market were bigger contributors ...

Barry Eichengreen reviews two new histories of the country's postwar Wirtschaftswunder as its economic model appears to be ...