Paul Larsen

3 weeks ago | eurotopics.net | Paul Larsen |Giuseppe Sarcina |Damien Gayle |Pietro Saccò

Money is easier to come by when it comes to weapons, Avvenire observes: “Galvanised by the need to defend Europe, the once thrifty no longer spare any expense. ... Mette Frederiksen, who is still Denmark's prime minister, said this openly on Tuesday: 'Last time, we had a leading role in the Frugal Four. Next time, we'll have a leading role in another group, because things have changed.' ... So weapons first. An idea that the old allies certainly share in the fight for austerity.

Nov 26, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Timothy Garton Ash |Paul Larsen |Aurora Mínguez

Merkel is an important witness of how things were in Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, historian Timothy Garton Ash explains in La Repubblica: “Angela Merkel was the first and last East German at the helm of the reunified Germany, the key power in Europe. There may be future chancellors from the regions that once formed the German Democratic Republic (GDR), but none of them will be marked by the experience of having lived in East Germany.

Nov 26, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Timothy Garton Ash |Paul Larsen |Aurora Mínguez

Merkel is an important witness of how things were in Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, historian Timothy Garton Ash explains in La Repubblica: “Angela Merkel was the first and last East German at the helm of the reunified Germany, the key power in Europe. There may be future chancellors from the regions that once formed the German Democratic Republic (GDR), but none of them will be marked by the experience of having lived in East Germany.

Nov 11, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Paul Larsen |Julien Culet |Evgenia Pimenova |Ovidiu Nahoi

Democracy, which once triumphed with the fall of the Berlin Wall, is once again under pressure worldwide, Jyllands-Posten stresses: “Russia's murderous and amoral war in Ukraine is being waged to deprive Ukrainians of the democratic rights and the opportunity for national self-determination that the citizens of the GDR gained in one fell swoop 35 years ago.

Oct 16, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Paul Larsen |Brigham Young

Recommended CitationLarsen, Paul(2023)"Mountain Shelf,"Inscape: Vol. 43:No.2, Article 37. Available at:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/inscape/vol43/iss2/37