Weekly column: My warm shower supports Russian war machine

For some months, the debate about gender-neutral language and its worldview has been playing an increasing role in Germany. To understand its origin, one should know the peculiarities of the German language.

Seven hours by car from Germany’s border to the East, terrible scenes have been playing out for weeks. The Belarusian dictator Lukashenko is using refugees from the Arab region to blackmail the European Union. And for a few days now, the situation has been coming to a dramatic head: soldiers and war equipment are being deployed, and the refugees are suffering from the cold.

Tanks and shelling of civilians in Ukraine are changing history. When Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine on the morning of February 24th, I was in Washington DC to meet with think tanks, NGOs, and high-level officers of the U.S. Administration.