Inside Story

Books & arts Who knows, and who can judge? Sylvia Lawson 7 April 2011 Resistance and collaboration were rarely clearcut in occupied France Germany’s Libya opt-out Daniel Nethery 31 March 2011 Germany’s decision to abstain from backing the military action in Libya hints at political, trade and foreign policy pressures, writes Daniel Nethery in Berlin International How the Greens took Baden-Württemberg 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… International Berlusconi’s Italy on trial Geoff Andrews 3 March 2011 Berlusconi’s success in holding on to power highlights a vacuum at the heart of Italy’s politics, writes Geoff Andrews

International Seven days that shook the world John Besemeres 15 November 2010 The fall of the Berlin Wall was the iconic event in the unravelling of European communism. But it might not have happened without the strikes across Poland eight years earlier,… Feeling their pain Frank Bongiorno 4 November 2010 We’re all in this together, the British chancellor told the nation as he announced sweeping cuts in spending. Britons aren’t up in arms yet, writes Frank … International Berlusconi’s long goodbye Geoff Andrews 27 October 2010 The cracks in the Italian government are growing wider, writes Geoff Andrews. But can the opposition rise to the challenge? On the edge of an ambivalent Europe May Ngo 22 October 2010 May Ngo writes from Calais, where irregular migrants continue to take their chances on finding a way into Britain

International Peace or ceasefire? John Besemeres 1 July 2010 Is the thaw in relations between Poland and Russia sustainable? The Polish presidential election campaign and recent trends in Russian foreign policy highlight the key factors in… A dawning realisation Frank Bongiorno 23 June 2010 The new British government began slashing spending this week. Meanwhile, Labour is left with the problem of defining what it stands for, writes Frank Bongiorno Britain’s compromise revolution David Hayes 27 May 2010 Britain’s voters have forced a two-party system to begin to operate by a three-party logic. And it’s about to get even more interesting, writes David Hayes International Dreaming of the Deutschmark 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