Topic: Germany

Obama’s emerging foreign policy team faces a troubled world

The goal is continuity in international relationships with a clear break from Bush’s approach.

More Mail Bag matches

Readers write about the pen pals they found through the Monitor's old Mail Bag column.

With Obama's victory, Europe's minorities sense new possibilities

A new discourse is emerging in France and Europe that urges a focus on ability – rather than on race or skin.

Russia warns US of potential new arms race

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he might deploy missiles to 'neutralize' a planned US-backed missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

World

Opinion: Obama's global to-do list

From China to Pakistan, major challenges loom.

Afghans find modest prosperity in once-banned trade – milk

The country's first dairy cooperative has helped farmers more than double their incomes.

The Monitor's View: Don't stall on economic stimulus

A lame-duck Congress must agree on a short-term plan to avoid a deep recession.

For kids: Electricity from the sun

A California school district is one of the first in the nation to 'go solar.'

In East Berlin, a train station becomes a haven for kindness

One woman has never forgotten the stranger who helped her return to safety in a divided city.

A green lesson from Iceland

Since the 1970s, Iceland has gone from relying on imported coal for 75 percent of its energy to getting more than 82 percent of its energy from geothermal and hydro power.

New Lives

A novel in letters offers a lens on the reunification of Germany.

World

French assertiveness on credit crisis jars Europe

A spirit of cooperation is tested ahead of a crucial series of meetings to prepare for a Nov. 15 US summit.

Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech

The country's courts and governments have banned 850 websites this year, including YouTube and Blogger.

Russia pushes an 'OPEC' for natural-gas nations

The world's biggest suppliers will meet in Moscow on Nov. 18 to finalize plans for a cartel to control gas prices.

USA

For Eastern Europe, the cost of going green will be a challenge

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (r.) and his foreign minister, Franco Frattini, spoke to the media Wednesday at an EU environmental conference in Brussels.

France's Sarkozy emerging as leading figure

President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Asia this week to broach the idea of bringing India and China together with G-8 nations in a 'Bretton Woods II' framework of economic rules.

For kids: a different kind of gold medal

Nobel Prizes honor men and women who've made the world a better place.

Financial crisis fallout: from your stocks to America's global role

Some economists see some rays of light amid the economic gloom.

Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914

To understand the French, study the revolution.

Heard on the street, and the avenue, too

The Monitor's language columnist considers the lexicon of thoroughfares.

History lessons for financial crisis: Act fast, act globally

European leaders call for a new Bretton Woods-type agreement as they meet in Brussels.

Russia-Georgia peace talks delayed

The first direct talks since the August war were postponed until Nov. 18 due to a dispute over the role of delegates from the breakaway regions.