There is something uniquely fascinating about TV shows set in an alternate version of history. These stories take the real-life global narrative that we're acutely familiar with and twist them into ...

The US (or China) acts. Europe reacts. The US (or China) moves decisively. The EU debates and dithers. It’s a broader pattern ...

Mussolini won early support from the large landowners of the Po Valley, and came to power at the invitation of King Victor Emmanuel III; Hitler allied himself with the army and big business to win the ...

Elections in two former communist states — where the AfD is likely to win, but remain short of a majority — are cause for ...

The current wave of plant closures are not just ‘regrettable isolated cases,’ but rather an expression of a systematic restructuring by big business in the interests of profit.

As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle ...

For 70 years, Germany embodied postwar recovery – prosperous, stable and admired. Now, as exports falter, populism grows and ...

There are so many world-class museums on Museum Island, in the heart of downtown, that it is recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage site. The latest innovation here is the brand new equivalent of ...

For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that direct attempts at regime change by the United States have ended in disaster. And for good reason. In Afghanistan, the very same Taliban ...

To many Germans, Americans were saviors after World War II, and they feel especially hurt over President Donald Trump’s disdain for Europe and traditional alliances.

While Berlin basks in its well-deserved reputation as Europe’s cool capital, a new generation of Eastern European cities is ...

Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered ...