Auf Wiedersehen Angela Merkel, what will we do without you?
Merkel made mistakes but she was a rock of stability in turbulent times, and the good news is that her legacy of German stolidity is likely to continue....
Josef Joffe, a member of the I by IMD editorial board, serves on the editorial council of the German weekly Die Zeit. He teaches international politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.
December 29, 2021 • by Josef Joffe in Leadership • 5 min read
Merkel made mistakes but she was a rock of stability in turbulent times, and the good news is that her legacy of German stolidity is likely to continue....
July 9, 2021 • by Josef Joffe in Magazine • 5 min read
A 900-page life of Philip Roth has been withdrawn because of his biographer’s alleged sexual crimes, but banning art and books in the name of ‘correct thinking’ is a crime against liberty,...
March 5, 2021 • by Josef Joffe in Leadership • 5 min read
Facebook and Twitter used their unbridled power to silence President Trump, but rationing thought, however hateful, is bad for liberal democracy, argues Josef Joffe....