Articles - Andres Herkel
When Human Rights Turn into a Commodity
29.10.2011 | Andres Herkel | English news
What are the moral values of the West? To what extent can European values be betrayed in the name of promulgating them? Read more »
The dangerous logic of Russian revanchism
12.10.2009 | Andres Herkel | English news
The beginning of autumn brought a number of waiting periods in the field of foreign policy to an end. The positive outcome in the Irish referendum was certainly something we had looked forward to, as failure of Europe's major joint project is something we must certainly prevent. Fragmentation is dangerous and in the worst case scenario could leave us without the united support of Europe. Read more »
17.09.2009 | Andres Herkel | English news
September 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Secret Protocol, signed on 23 August 1939, opened the way for a joint attack on Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, launched on 1 September 1939 and 17 September 1939 respectively. Read more »
Es gibt weniger Freiheit als vor fünf Jahren
27.07.2009 | Andres Herkel | English news
Fall der inhaftierten Jugendaktivisten beweist für den Europarat-Beobachter Andres Herkel, dass das Regime mehr und mehr auf Repression setzt - Interview
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The street is no place for constitutional democracy
15.04.2009 | Andres Herkel | English news
The week-long protests in Moldova and Georgia - the latter in particular - should compel us to ask hard questions about the substance and aims of street politics. Even a cursory glance tells us that there is a world of difference between these protests and Estonia's Singing Revolution and their multihued brethren. Read more »
