Subsequently published in European Integration and the Nationalities Question (ed. by John McGarry and Michael...
The ‘German Question’
Ethnic Germans in Poland and the Czech Republic: A Comparative Evaluation
Co-authored with Karl Cordell and subsequently published in Nationalities Papers in 2005, this article analyses the...
Germany’s Foreign Policy Towards Poland and the Czech Republic: Ostpolitik Revisited
Co-authored with Karl Cordell, this book represents a new exploration of how the events of the twentieth century still...
The German Question Continued? Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic since 1990
Published in German Politics in 2002, this article argues that, although it has often been reduced to the issue of the reunification of the two German states, the so-called German question continued to be a multi-dimensional phenomenon after 1945. This is most obvious...
Coming Home to Germany?
Ethnic cleansing has been one of the phenomena that have shaped the 20th century from its first decade to its last, and Europe continues to have to deal with the consequences of forced population transfers. One of the most significant events of this kind has been the...
From Irredentism to Constructive Reconciliation: Ethnic German Minorities and Germany’s Relationship with Poland and the Czech Republic since 1990
Subsequently published in Language, Ethnicity and the State (ed. by Camille O'Reilly, Palgrave, 2001), this chapter traces the origins of the problems facing Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic today and analyses their impact on, and relevance for, the current and...
German Minorities in Europe
The study of ethnic minorities and their role in the domestic politics of their host states has long attracted scholars from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. By contrast, national (or external) minorities, have been under-represented...