... development during the period 1990–2010 is just beginning, historians are still groping for interpretations that go beyond media commentary. In contrast to the old Federal Republic associated with Bonn, some authors have adopted the label ‘Berlin Republic’ to signal not just the shift of the capital but also...

...This chapter argues that the Berlin Republic remains demilitarized in significant ways, despite maintaining its armed forces and deploying those forces into combat. Germany's security policy is based on multilateralism, a preference for non-military instruments of diplomacy, and a defense strategy...

... prefigured the Federal Republic, the Berlin Republic or the European Union are unhistorical. The Reich was not unlike other early modern polities: it facilitated the development of a culture of freedom, an ability to live with federal structures and a national identity, which continued to shape German...

... Elisabeth Lüders Haus Litfin Jürgen Mörs Ursula Social Democrats SPD Tunnel Geue Gisela Lammert Norbert Berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Republic border guard trials legitimacy unification commemoration memory justice During its 28-year existence, the Berlin Wall functioned as a kind of a barometer...

... ‘Late Socialism’ Stalin Joseph Time and Temporality Frederick the Great Berlin Republic reunification Berlin Schloss Humboldt Forum Garnisonkirche reconstruction Hohenzollern debate Alternative für Deutschland ‘The dead can be more dangerous than the living. If Frederick the Great had...