Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa from the German Caritas Association calls for a strengthening of voluntary services instead of compulsory military service. Anyone planning defense as a compulsory task through the back door is gambling away the trust of young people, she writes in today's Opinion.
By Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa
The new chairman of the Bundestag's Parliamentary Control Committee, Marc Henrichmann (CDU), explains how he wants to simultaneously monitor and strengthen the intelligence services. He also explains why the committee is big enough with only nine members.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
30 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, the Bundestag is commemorating the victims this Friday. Former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer sees the mass murder as a wake-up call for more European armament.
By Markus Bickel
In the fourth year of the war, Ukraine's economic problems are growing. At the reconstruction conference in Rome, the EU announced new financial aid. However, it is questionable whether this money will mobilize enough private investors.
By Viktor Funk, Lisa-Martina Klein
Israel agrees to open more border crossings towards Gaza and to allow significantly more aid deliveries. The agreement with the EU is to be implemented within the next few days.
By Stephan Israel
The Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that the federal government wants to ensure "the greatest possible coherence" in the two laws for the digital and analogue protection of critical infrastructure. The deputy leader of the Green Party, Konstantin von Notz, has doubts about this.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
There is much speculation about the circumstances surrounding the conquest of Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb troops under General Ratko Mladić in July 1995. The fact that NATO did not intervene is probably primarily the responsibility of Jacques Chirac's French government.
By Alexander Rhotert
Manish Tewari, Indian MP from the opposition party Indian National Congress (INC), explains India's role in a changing world order and talks about the future of relations between the EU and India.
By Julia Ganter, Leona Harting
Daniel Baldy is a new member of the Defense Committee. The fact that he was elected to the Parliamentary Control Committee could reveal something about the SPD's security policy course. In addition, the MP wants a return to compulsory military service.
By Gabriel Bub
The Ukrainian president wants to give new impetus to his government and contacts with the US by restructuring his staff. Communication with Washington, in particular, urgently needs to be improved.
By Denis Trubetskoy
