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.
We need to redefine the term terrorism.
There are many theories circulating at the moment as to why the political environment seems to get ever more polarised.
It is hard to distinguish whether an action is driven by malice or incompetence when the results are the same.
I just came across a Los Angeles Times headline: “The electric automobile will quickly and easily take precedence over all other kinds of motor carriages, as soon as an…
There is still a lot of speculation about the wannabe assassin of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Depending on whom you ask, the National Rally’s 33.
As long-time readers of my column know, I have something of a soft spot for Donald Trump, so I think it is only fair to give the first word to those who do not suffer from…
I am generally suspicious of too much nostalgia, because as human beings we often have the tendency to disproportionally glorify or condemn the past.
The revolution is postponed – but not necessarily cancelled.
In a 2019 speech, the internet pioneer Peter Thiel worried about possible high-level infiltration of American companies and universities by the Chinese.
The two most important elements a state needs to have at its disposal in the international arena are first, a strategy, and second, the capabilities to execute said strategy.
In the end, Zeus was right. When he punished Prometheus for giving fire to humanity, the old Greek god must have known that their days are now numbered.
If one views the Arab-Israeli conflict through the ongoing campus protests at US universities, one could easily get the impression that Israel might be winning militarily,…
Almost 41 years after losing the war over the Falkland Islands to Britain, Argentina has found its Latino version of then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher: President Javier…
Luckily for the world, most policy decisions are not made on X.
The current policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be a demonstration of strength, but in reality, it is a symptom of Russian weakness.
To dispel the concerns of any reader that this will turn out to be a lengthy piece on the subject of bureaucracy, I begin with an assassination. US President James A.
It is often forgotten, but when it comes to populist politics, the small country of Austria is a bellwether.
In 2010, the now German minister of the economy Robert Habeck wrote, in his book published that year, that “patriotism, love of country, that makes me want to vomit”.
Despite widespread media reports to the contrary, the reelection of Donald Trump might be the most desirable outcome for Ukraine in the upcoming US presidential elections.
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord must have been the world’s greatest political survival artist.
Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities famously begins:
The upcoming elections in Europe are often described as a competition between the reactionary forces of a resurgent nationalism and the cosmopolitanism of liberal progressive.
The European Union will have to decide: Does it want to give in or resist the temptation to turn into an empire?
