I always found the story behind the “Made in Germany” label interesting. Originally the term "Made in Germany" served as a derogatory label rather than a hallmark of excellence.
Ah, the United States and foreign policy—a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
Is there any rhyme or reason to what seems like the latest episode of "Tariffs Gone Wild"?
One of the biggest problems in today’s politics (at least in the West) is the tendency by politicians to compartmentalise everything.
It is not entirely without irony that the “The Most Successful Peace Project in the History of Mankind” is currently planning the continent’s most ambitious armaments…
The late Bernard Lewis once noted that the West risks being perceived in the Middle East as "harmless as an enemy, and treacherous as a friend.
Europe no longer has a place at the table. It is that simple.
According to the American essayist H.L. Mencken, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
From Taylor Swift dance classes to Christmas markets to an innocent stroll in the park or meeting some friends in the city centre of a bucolic village in southern Austria:…
A crucial rule of successful diplomacy is that one does not have to approve of one enemy’s actions, but one does have to understand what motivates them.
As I have written elsewhere, I have always been suspicious of the idea of an emerging multipolar world order.
Barely a week goes by where there is not another “Make Europe Great Again” event somewhere on the old continent.
While I agree with the premise that Donald Trump’s return to the presidency will be a good thing for the United States, I am a little less sanguine about what is going to…
In this third and final part of our series on neo-Imperialism I would like to start with the most important observation: Successful and lasting imperialism is a consequence,…
If a key characteristic of revolutionaries is their ability to talk for hours without end, then the Alternative for Germany’s Alice Weidel is many things, but not a far-right…
Over the last few weeks, the German intellectual class was in absolute outrage: Serial-Entrepreneur and enfant terrible for the status quo elite Elon Musk published an op-ed…
What is a "pole“? I believe in the ongoing debate about uni- and multipolarity we have to establish what the characteristics of a pole are, independently of their number.
Christmas is now a target.
Imperialism is making a comeback, which is why I decided to turn this column into a three-part series to put forward my argument as to why that is the case.
A negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine shortly after Donald Trump takes office in January of 2025 seems more and more likely.
Are you still looking for Christmas presents? I have a fashionable doorstopper to recommend to you, courtesy of the former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
The recent re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States marks a significant turning point in American politics.
There can be no doubt about it: Donald Trump is not a normal candidate – which is precisely why you should vote for him.
If you fear that Trump, Orbán, and others are the greatest threat to a liberal world order, maybe you should consider going beyond a purely Western viewpoint.
During an interview I once called Greta Thunberg the Meghan Markle of environmentalism, meaning that, like the Duchess of Sussex, the Swedish activist’s media appearances…
In 2003, neoconservative thinker Robert Kagan published a book titled, "Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order.
Once again the world finds itself on the brink of a renewed energy crisis, and once again Europe appears ill-prepared.
Austria, long governed by a de facto two-party system, experienced a seismic shift in its political landscape in the most recent elections.
Although this might seem counterintuitive given the current political culture, but there is a realistic chance that voting for what the media calls the “far Right” is…
The German author Jakob Nolte wrote in one of his novels that things that kill you by either “peng peng” or “bla bla.
