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Klaus Neumann

Klaus Neumann is an Honorary Professor at Deakin University. Until recently he worked for the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture writing  a history of local German responses to refugees.

Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 September 2014 Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 24 July 2014 Germany and its football team have evolved in tandem over the past six-and-a-half decades. Klaus Neumann traces the story from the 1954 “Miracle of Bern” to… Books & arts Klaus Neumann 23 December 2013 Does the equation that infuses the work of truth commissions – that more memory equals more reconciliation – always meet the needs of people affected by widespread… Books & arts Klaus Neumann 9 December 2013 Klaus Neumann reviews two books that put displaced people at the heart of contemporary history
International Klaus Neumann 5 November 2013 Africans living under the shadow of removal in Hamburg have been able to articulate their own agenda, writes Klaus Neumann, and football fans and residents are backing them
International Klaus Neumann 16 September 2013 Like Australia, Germany has seen a shift in the political middle ground. But there, it’s ended up in an intriguing place, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Klaus Neumann 22 July 2013 Two cases from Europe show that there are other ways of understanding irregular migrants, writes Klaus Neumann International Klaus Neumann 15 July 2013 Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 21 June 2013 Despite the lack of boat arrivals, New Zealand has introduced new laws to deal with irregular migrants arriving by sea. Could it be that the New Zealand government is afraid that…
Books & arts Klaus Neumann 19 July 2012 Andy Lamey’s book, Frontier Justice, would make useful reading for the prime minister’s expert panel on asylum seekers, writes Klaus Neumann
National affairs Klaus Neumann 2 July 2012 An emotional parliamentary debate failed to come to grips with why people move and why we sometimes worry about it, writes Klaus Neumann Books & arts Klaus Neumann 5 June 2012 The Nuremberg trials were not typical of how the Allies dispensed justice after the second world war, writes Klaus Neumann International Klaus Neumann 19 April 2012 The Nobel laureate’s latest intervention in public debate says more about him than about the Middle East, writes Klaus Neumann. But it also draws attention to… Books & arts Klaus Neumann 1 March 2012 Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann
Books & arts Klaus Neumann 26 August 2011 Perhaps ten million displaced people live in camps, often for years or even decades, writes Klaus Neumann
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 30 June 2011 Compassion as a motivator for action is overrated, writes Klaus Neumann, but Go Back to Where You Came from is a reminder that it’s not a bad starting point National affairs Klaus Neumann 9 May 2011 There’s an opportunity in the agreement with Malaysia, but the government isn’t likely to take it, writes Klaus Neumann International Klaus Neumann 28 March 2011 Thirty-two years after Three Mile Island, an accident in a far-away nuclear facility has once again altered Germany’s political landscape. Klaus Neumann looks at… Books & arts Klaus Neumann 28 January 2011 The Impossible Border brings an important period in German history out of the shadow of the Nazi era, writes Klaus Neumann
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 16 December 2010 The tragic events at Christmas Island this week are a reminder of the importance of the right to seek asylum. But the debate about refugees and asylum seekers is confused by a…
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 14 October 2010 Prompted by the twentieth anniversary of German reunification in October 1990, Klaus Neumann dusts off an article he wrote in 1991 Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 20 August 2010 The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann National affairs Klaus Neumann 24 June 2010 A visit to Australia’s most remote outpost highlights the failure of the federal government to lead a rational debate, writes Klaus Neumann International Klaus Neumann 14 May 2010 Germans aren’t really opposed to the Greek bail-out, they’re just nostalgic for a half-imagined past, writes Klaus Neumann
International Klaus Neumann 10 September 2009 More than ever before, the real business of forming government in Germany will happen after this month’s election, writes Klaus Neumann
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 3 June 2009 Government policy should confer rights rather than privileges, writes Klaus Neumann Books & arts Klaus Neumann 15 April 2009 Lauded overseas, The Baader Meinhof Complex is a flawed account of an important part of modern German history, writes Klaus Neumann Books & arts Klaus Neumann 17 March 2009 Part of the international success of Bernard Schlink’s novel, The Reader, reflects a mistaken view of contemporary Germany, writes Klaus Neumann Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 January 2009 The author of Dreams from my Father has the character, intellect and instincts for the job, writes Klaus Neumann