For many Canadians, the European Union and its member-states represent a distant world wherein political and economic happenings have little significance. Still, the European model of soft power and multilateralism, exhibited strongly in Germany, may indeed line up closer to Canadian ideals than most imagine.
Germany’s foreign policy today, strongly influenced by international institutions and the [...]
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Canada and Germany: More Similar than Meets the Eye
Posted in Canada, DSJ work, Germany, tagged Canada, Foreign Policy, Germany, Multilateralism on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spraying Away the Blame
Posted in Germany, tagged Berlin, Holocaust, Memorial, Nazis on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It was a strange sight, especially in the dark. At first, I was barely able to see what I was looking at. Further still, I was unsure how I should be feeling at that particular moment, standing between the concrete blocks at Berlin’s Holocaust monument.
Hatikva in the Streets
Posted in Germany, The Netherlands, tagged Germany, Hatikva on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Picture it: A group of international students (Norwegian, Canadian, German, Dutch) biking through the cobble-stone streets of Utrecht, drunk off cheap wine and too much Hoegaarden, on a search for hot fries and mayo. The talk turns from teasing each other about who’s going to fall off their bikes first, to a fear of admitting, [...]
