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Klaus Neumann

Klaus Neumann works for the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture, and is an honorary professor at Deakin University.

Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 March 2023 Our correspondent casts a critical eye over an emerging German peace movement
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 3 December 2022 Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note Books & Arts Klaus Neumann 17 November 2022 Eighty years apart, a private diary from the Tatura internment camp and dispatches from the Manus detention centre recount the experiences of refugees held prisoner by Australia Books & Arts Klaus Neumann 18 December 2021 The perceived threat posed by Europe’s postwar “Displaced Persons” helped shape today’s international refugee regime Essays & Reportage Klaus Neumann 8 December 2021 Has the significance of the Tampa affair been exaggerated?
Essays & Reportage Klaus Neumann 22 November 2021 Is Australia’s international reputation really that bad? And if so, should it matter?
Essays & Reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2021 The predicament of refugees at the Polish–Belarusian border evokes deportations to Poland in 1938 and a novel published in 1940 Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 September 2021 Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 September 2021 In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate Correspondents Klaus Neumann 31 August 2021 Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election
From the archive Klaus Neumann 18 May 2021 Memories and identities have proved surprisingly adaptable in a society forged by migration
From the archive Klaus Neumann 7 May 2021 The centenary of the birth of Sophie Scholl, the Munich student executed in 1943, prompts reflections on the legacy of Germany’s anti-Nazi resistance Correspondents Klaus Neumann 20 April 2021 A Jew in Nazi Germany, a communist in Robert Menzies’s Australia, an Australian in East Germany — the remarkable life of Walter Kaufmann Correspondents Klaus Neumann 13 April 2021 Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 March 2021 What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 15 December 2020 A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases shows how a small minority is exercising outsized influence in Germany
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 18 November 2020 Black Lives Matter, a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene” Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus Books & Arts Klaus Neumann 20 April 2020 Four recent books provide partial answers. But are they asking the right question? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 17 March 2020 Despite Europe’s failure to rise to the challenge in Greece, the “virus of insolidarity” is still being resisted
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 13 March 2020 As the European Commission swings behind Greece, signs of an alternative Europe are emerging
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 19 February 2020 An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics Correspondents Klaus Neumann 4 February 2020 Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay Correspondents Klaus Neumann 2 September 2019 A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 July 2019 Has Italy’s far-right interior minister met his match in this young woman with an astonishing impact?
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 16 April 2019 A decade ago, that distinctive national mood seemed to have died out. And then came the rise of far-right populism
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 August 2018 Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 24 July 2018 The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants International Klaus Neumann 22 December 2017 As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead International Klaus Neumann 13 December 2017 The bid to create a UN convention on territorial asylum might have failed, but it points to possibilities still worth pursuing