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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik Self-description
The monthly Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik (Journal for German and International Politics) was founded in 1956. It is the most widely read politico-scientific journal published in German language. On 128 pages, Blätter publishes commentaries as well as analytical texts about contemporary political issues, focusing on institutional politics as well as social movements. Blätter is considered to be a critical voice in German media and a forum for open debate.
Staff journalists are Daniel Leisegang, Albrecht von Lucke, Annett Mängel and Dr. Albert Scharenberg.The journal is edited by Prof. Norman Birnbaum, Prof. Micha Brumlik, Prof. Dan Diner, Prof. Jürgen Habermas, Dr. Detlef Hensche, Prof. Rudolf Hickel, Prof. Jörg Huffschmid, Prof. Walter Jens, Prof. Reinhard Kühnl, Prof. Claus Leggewie, Prof. Ingeborg Maus, Dr. Klaus Neumann, Prof. Jens Reich, Prof. Rainer Rilling, Dr. Irene Runge, Dr. Karen Schönwälder, Friedrich Schorlemmer, Prof. Gerhard Stuby and Prof. Rosemarie Will.
The theologian Karl Barth once called the journal "an island of reason in an ocean of nonsense."