Essays
Is Prussian Militarism a Myth? | The New York Review of Books (19 October 2023), 42-44.
Should Historians interpret the Past through the Prism of the Present? | BBC History (June 2023), 11-13.
‘My Husband the War Criminal’ | The New York Review of Books (22 September 2022), 63-65.
Nazis on the Run | The New York Review of Books (2 December 2021), 43-45.
Vaccine Hesitancy is as Old as Vaccines | The New York Times (29 April 2021), A23.
What Do the Hohenzollerns Deserve? | The New York Review of Books (26 March 2020), 25-27.
The Myth of Middle-Class Liberalism | The New York Times (25 January 2020), A23.
The Surprising History of Nationalist Internationalism |The New York Times (4 July 2019), Int., 12, 14.
The United States was Never Immune to Fascism |The Guardian (19 August 2017), 33.
Patrons of Faith |The New York Times (24 May 2015), SR 6.
Ancestors of the Jihadist State | The New York Times (24 September 2014), A 31.
Shortcuts (The Crimean Tatars) | The London Review of Books 36, 8 (17 April 2014), 23.
Waves of Revolution | History Today 61, 4 (2011), 3-4; German translation in Die Zeit Online (2 May 2011).
Uneasy Engagement | The World Today 67, 1 (2011), 27-29.
Die Franzosen Asiens: Das Europäische Persienbild in der Geschichte | Der Spiegel Geschichte 2 (March 2010), 96-99.
‘Beschämender Kongress’ | Der Spiegel 51 (18 December 2006), 95; English translation in Der Spiegel Online International (18 December 2006).
March of the Guards: The Rise of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards | The World Today 65, 11 (2009), 8-10.
Sie wissen, was ihnen droht: Der Aufstand der Straße hat in Iran eine lebendige Geschichte | Süddeutsche Zeitung 140 (22 June 2009), 11.
Iran und der Holocaust: Der erste Iraner unter den Gerechten? | Damals 40, 8 (2008), 119-122.
Argwohn gegen Albion: Antibritische Ressentiments sind in Iran seit langem heimisch | Neue Zürcher Zeitung 76 (31 March 2007), 49.
Iranischer Atomkonflikt: Was der Brotpreis im Iran mit dem Atomprogramm zu tun hat | Le Monde Diplomatique (February 2007), 6.
Reviews
The Rise and Fall of Progress: A Postwar Age of Technological Wonders has ended in Disillusionment | The Times Literary Supplement 6266 (5 May 2023), 9-10.
The Reich or the Reds: Communism and the Second World War | Times Literary Supplement 6182 (24 September 2021), 5.
Losing their Religion, Review of ‘Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey, and the Future of Secularism’ by Sumantra Bose | Literary Review 476 (1 June 2019), 33-34.
Persistent Chill, Review of ‘The Cold War: A World History’ by Odd Arne Westad | Times Literary Supplement 5995 (23 February 2018), 16.
Anarchy loosed upon the World, Review of ‘The Vanquished: Why the First World War failed to end, 1917-1923’ by Robert Gerwarth | Times Literary Supplement 5936 (6 January 2017), 12.
Academics of Violence | Times Literary Supplement 5879 (4 December 2015), 10-11.
Berlin to Bombay, Review of ‘Age of Entanglement: German and Indian Intellectuals across Empire’ by Kris Manjapra | Literary Review 429 (1 March 2015), 29-30.
Broken Idols, Review of ‘The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and the Culture of Image-Breaking in Christianity and Islam’ by James Noyes | Times Literary Supplement 5804 (27 June 2014), 25.
India’s Enemy’s Enemy, Review of ‘His Majesty’s Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India’s Struggle against Empire’ by Sugata Bose | Times Literary Supplement 5682 (24 February 2012), 27.
Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires 1908-1918 by Michael A. Reynolds | Times Literary Supplement 5639 (29 April 2011), 27.
The End in Iran, Review of ‘Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism’ by Abbas Amanat | Times Literary Supplement 5595 (25 June 2010), 32; Persian translation in Iran Dar Jahan (25 June 2010).
Den Wunsch nach dem Skandal sollte man ihm nicht erfüllen, Review of ‘Die dritte radikale Widerstandsbewegung: der Islamismus’ by Ernst Nolte | Süddeutsche Zeitung 103 (6 May 2009), 14.
Mörderische Ressentiments, kühle Kalkulation, Review of ‘Die Herrschaft der Wehrmacht’ by Dieter Pohl | Neue Zürcher Zeitung 86 (15 April 2009), 40.
Das Bürgertum ist kein deutsches Patent, Review of ‘Bürger mit Turban: Muslime in Delhi im 19. Jahrhundert’ by Margrit Pernau | Süddeutsche Zeitung 282 (18 December 2008), 17.
Ein Identitätskünstler zwischen Baku und Berlin: Tom Reiss auf den Spuren des Bestsellerautors Essad Bey, Review of ‘Der Orientalist. Auf den Spuren von Essad Bey’ by Tom Reiss | Neue Zürcher Zeitung 251 (18 June 2008), 15.
Amerigos Amerika: Vor 500 Jahren gab ein Freiburger Geograph der Neuen Welt ihren Namen, Review of ‘Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America’ by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto | Süddeutsche Zeitung 265 (17 November 2007), 18.
Macht, Glaube und Phantasien: Michael Orens Geschichte der Beziehungen der Vereinigten Staaten zum Nahen Osten, Review of ‘Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present’ by Michael B. Oren | Neue Zürcher Zeitung 181 (8 August 2007), 40.
Halbmond und Hakenkreuz: Hitlers Pläne im Nahen Osten, Review of ‘Halbmond und Hakenkreuz: Das Dritte Reich, die Araber und Palästina’ by Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers | Neue Zürcher Zeitung 43 (21 February 2007), 26; Persian translation in Akhbar-i Ruz (24 February 2007).