A Brief History of Berlin, Briefly

By Steffen Blaese |

Rome is respectfully called The Eternal City, and Prague is known as The Golden City. New York, though not a capital, is affectionately referred to as The Big Apple. Copenhagen is simply The City, while the Dutch have a fond nickname for Amsterdam—Damsko. The Spanish humorously call Madrid Madriz, and the Swiss refer to Bern as the Sleeping Pill. Paris is celebrated as both the City of Fashion and the City of Light.

Bloodstained Fatwa: The fatal alliance between left-wing groups and the Islamic revolution in Iran

By Steffen Blaese |

Some leftist factions have embraced the phrase ‹the enemy of my enemy is my friend,› even if it means aligning with groups like Hamas or Hezbollah—organizations that fundamentally contradict their professed core values of secularism and gender equality. The relationship between leftists and Islamist movements has been shaped by a complex set of historical events and ideological developments.