Author Archives: Andreas Moser

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About Andreas Moser

I am a lawyer in Germany, with a focus on international family law, migration and citizenship law, as well as constitutional law. My other interests include long walks, train rides, hitchhiking, history, and writing stories.

The Mo Yan Poll

Posted on 2012-10-11 by Andreas Moser

My empty, questioning stare when I heard that this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature would go to the Chinese author Mo Yan showed me three things: that I don’t read enough books, that I don’t read enough literary supplements of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, China | Tagged | 12 Comments

Don’t be a sissy!

Posted on 2012-10-11 by Andreas Moser

If you are scared of taking a risk, if you give up before you start, if you think that it’s not worth the fight, if you back down out of fear and slip back into your comfortable life instead of pursuing your … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Life | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Easily Confused, # 8

Posted on 2012-10-10 by Andreas Moser

Show trial in Ukraine: Show trial in Russia: Show trial in the Vatican: Feel free to add more examples.

Posted in Human Rights, Law, Religion, Russia, Ukraine | Tagged , | 3 Comments

The EU is finally a World Power

Posted on 2012-10-09 by Andreas Moser

You know you have reached the level of world power when your flags get burned in the streets. America, step aside – here comes the EU. Now if only the protesters in Greece could explain what they want to express … Continue reading →

Posted in Greece, Politics | Tagged , | 8 Comments

The image of Germany in Brazil

Posted on 2012-10-08 by Andreas Moser

It is astonishing how quickly Germany regained a positive image in the world after starting two world wars, setting the whole continent of Europe on fire and attempting to exterminate the Jews of the world. Thanks to the Cold War … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Cold War, Germany, History, Holocaust, World War II | Tagged | 14 Comments

Phones during Meals

Posted on 2012-10-08 by Andreas Moser

Last week I had a guest via Couchsurfing and we had very interesting discussions which we continued over dinner. Both the discussions and the dinner were however interrupted each time my guest’s phone made a beeping sound. He acknowledged that … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Life, Technology | Tagged | 12 Comments

Where is Charlie Wilson when you need him?

Posted on 2012-10-07 by Andreas Moser

Charlie Wilson was a member of the US House of Representatives who in the 1980s lobbied intensively for arming the Afghan rebels against the Soviet Union. He personally secured a lot of the funding for the Afghan Mujahideen from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Cold War, Military, Politics, Syria, USA | Tagged | 1 Comment

Easily Confused, # 7

Posted on 2012-10-07 by Andreas Moser

Clint Eastwood arguing with an empty chair: Mitt Romney having a debate with an empty podium:

Posted in Politics, USA | 5 Comments

Old Houses and their Stories

Posted on 2012-10-07 by Andreas Moser

“What is the story of this house?” That is what I wondered when I saw this majestic but derelict house withering away between the autumn foliage at Trakai in Lithuania. Later that day I stumbled across another building which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Lithuania, Photography, Travel | 6 Comments

Colour-blind in Afghanistan

Posted on 2012-10-03 by Andreas Moser

I don’t understand why the attacks on NATO and ISAF soldiers by members of the Afghan Army are called “green-on-blue” attacks. Given the colour of the uniforms, shouldn’t they be called “blue-on-green” attacks?

Posted in Afghanistan, Military | 6 Comments