James Carstensen
My Articles
President of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
EU Commission Head Expresses Frustration at Bloc’s Failure to Challenge Turkey
09/16/2020 - 18:14
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Under Growing Int’l Pressure Over Navalny Poisoning, Russia Demands Germany’s Test Results
09/09/2020 - 18:40
Protestors angered by the desecration of a Quran burn tyres and pallets in Malmo, Sweden, on Friday night. (Photo by -/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
Islamic Gov’ts Condemn Anti-Islamization Rallies That Sparked Violent Clashes in Scandinavia
08/31/2020 - 20:34
German Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas, seen here with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, visited both Turkey and Greece this week in an apparently unsuccessful bid to mediate between the squabbling NATO members. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images)
NATO Chief Worried After No Progress Seen in Effort to Mediate Between Rival Members Greece, Turkey
08/26/2020 - 20:27
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, center, visits a tractor plant in Minsk on Monday. (Photo by Nikolay Petrov/Belta/AFP via Getty Images)
Belarus’ Beleaguered Strongman Swaps Threats For Vague Talk of Concessions
08/17/2020 - 19:26
President Trump greets U.S. troops at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in Dec. 2018. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Poll: Most Germans Approve of US Troop Reduction Plan, But Reject Defense Spending Criticism
08/05/2020 - 18:24
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea on the fifth anniversary of its annexation. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Germany Rejects Russia Rejoining G7 While Ukraine Crisis Unresolved; Russia Calls it ‘Obsolete’
07/28/2020 - 19:41
A Turkish navy frigate and a drilling vessel are seen off the coast of Cyprus last fall. (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)
Greece Looks to EU For Support as Dispute With Turkey Over Aegean Gas Drilling Worsens
07/22/2020 - 18:59
A woman holds a small Taiwanese national flag during a rally in Hong Kong last October. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images)
Taiwan Wants to Know Why German Gov’t Won’t Show its National Flag on Website
07/14/2020 - 20:04
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer inspects army recruits in Berlin. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
German Lawmakers Doubt Resuming Conscription Would Help Counter Far-Right Extremism in the Army
07/07/2020 - 18:46