Joschka Fischer was German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, a term marked by Germany's strong support for NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, followed by its opposition to the war in Iraq. Fischer entered electoral politics after participating in the anti-establishment protests of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and played a key role in founding Germany's Green Party, which he led for almost two decades.
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Joschka Fischer
Commentaries by Joschka Fischer
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The Erosion of Europe
BERLIN – Just weeks ago, the worst of the financial crisis in Europe seemed to be over. Stability seemed to be returning. But appearances pr…
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The Middle East’s Lost Decade
BERLIN – The United States has waged three wars since Al Qaeda’s terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: against Al Qaeda, in Afghanistan, …
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The Arab Revolutions’ Reality Check
BERLIN – Two years after popular uprisings began to convulse the Middle East, few people speak of an “Arab Spring” anymore. Given Syria’s bl…
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The Eclipse of British Reason
BERLIN – When placed under too much strain, chains tend to break at the weakest link. Figuratively speaking, the same applies to the Europea…
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Europe’s New Year’s Irresolution
BERLIN – Will the eurozone crisis end in 2013, or will it drag on throughout the year, and perhaps even deteriorate anew? This is likely to …
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The New Middle East’s New Problems
BERLIN – When hostilities flared in Gaza last month, it seemed like the same old story was repeating itself. The world again witnessed a blo…
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Provincial Europe
BERLIN – Multitasking is not exactly the strong point of Europe’s current generation of leaders. They have rightly given the eurozone crisis…
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Europe’s Trial by Crisis
BERLIN – Some 2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus concluded that war is the father of all things. He might have added …
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An Autumn Abyss?
BERLIN – In the coming months, several serious regional economic and political crises could combine into one mega-watershed, fueling an inte…
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The Middle East after Assad
BERLIN – What will the Middle East look like once the Syrian civil war brings about the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, whose clan has ru…
The Erosion of Europe
K Godfrey: The problem in Germany is that the politics is somewhat trapped by the narrative that has been peddled from the start. See this for an argument as to where electorates have been misled on some key iss…
The Erosion of Europe
Carol Maczinsky: I strongly dispute that you can have a corrupt, bankrupted tax haven negotiating like a mad berber and still dare to blame the troika for the moderate conditions. All that seems politically convenient…