Thursday, November 20, 2003

JOSCHKA FISCHER AT PRINCETON

In case you missed it, read The Daily Princetonian's account of German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's speech at Princeton yesterday. Read also this transcript of Fischer's PBS interview with Ray Suarez.

I wasn't at the speech, but I am struck by the emphasis of the coverage of some of the German papers. FTD and FAZ are very interested in the fact that Fischer argued that al Qaeda exemplifies a new form of totalitarianism, and that strong transatlantic cooperation is necessary in order to combat it. Note this article in Financial Times Deutschland, and this article in FAZ.