Debate

  • Civil society since the Arab Spring

    Commentary in Qantara - 26.03.2025

    Europe must support the agents of change in Western Asia and North Africa.

    14 years since the Arab Spring, the much-anticipated widespread democratic transition in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) remains elusive. Despite regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen in 2011, and more recently in Algeria, Sudan, and Syria, authoritarian rule persists across the region.  

    Read my commentary here at Qantara.

  • Das Ende der Wissenschaftsfreiheit

    Gastbeitrag im Spiegel - 27.01.2025

    Der Bundestag ist sich sicher: Was wirklich hilft im Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus, ist noch eine Resolution, die den Hochschulen vorschreibt, wie sie arbeiten sollen. Warum er irrt.

    Der ganze Kommentar im Spiegel.

  • Germany’s Pro-Israel Policy Must End

    Argument for Foreign Policy - 14.02.2025

    Germany’s desire to atone for historical atrocities threatens to make it complicit in violations of international law committed by the IDF. Berlin should reassess its policy toward Israel, Germany must engage in honest soul-searching on its relationship with the country—a highly sensitive issue.

    Read the argument here at FP.