Is the Law of War Only a Paper Tiger?
Wars are increasingly framed as struggles between good and evil. In that climate the traditional law of war risks losing its restr…
The Iran Conflict and the Waning of Pax Americana
The US strike on Iran is not a sign of strength but of decline. The era of the petrodollar and cheap energy is ending. For Europe,…
Conspiracy Theories Are a Vote of No Confidence in the Establishment
9/11 was an inside job, Americans never landed on the moon and, behind the scenes, a small group pulls the strings while the masse…
Jiang Xueqin on the future of American power
According to the renowned political commentator Jiang Xueqin, survival in a darker world will require a retreat from individualism…
Antisemitism is (again) a part of Germany
For years it was the ultimate taboo in Germany but mass migration from the Islamic world and the far-left mean that hostility and …
The liberal dilemma in German politics
Friedrich Merz says Germany’s liberal FDP is losing relevance after a humiliating defeat at the federal level. In a political land…
The end of the liberal illusion
The American liberal order is collapsing. If the West is to endure, it must seek not salvation in utopia but a sober revision of i…
No firewall to the left – Merz’s CDU drifts towards the abyss
The CDU wants to work exclusively with left-wing partners whom it declares to belong to the ‘centre’. Recent scandals show that th…
The artificial intelligence imperative: humanity must adapt
While parts of the media portray AI as an unstoppable force destined to overwhelm society, financial markets tell a different stor…
CDU: A Party Trapped in Its Own Strategy
The CDU still presents itself as Germany’s natural party of government. Yet at its gathering in Stuttgart it revealed how narrow i…
The German climate dictatorship
When Germans act, they do so thoroughly. At present, they have committed themselves to a hysterical environmental policy without a…
Children against children – violence and sexual assaults in nurseries quadruple
Violence and sexual assaults are rising not only among young people, but also among children in nurseries. Politicians point to ex…
Germany, the ideal scapegoat
When Marco Rubio calls in Munich for the defence of Western culture, Germans in particular would do well to listen. Nowhere is the…
German lessons for the whole world
The USA: fascist. China: terrible! And Poland is pursuing the wrong energy policy. For German politicians, foreign policy means de…
When being wrong makes more sense than being right
Saxo Bank's shocking forecasts are not forecasts, but an exercise in countering investors' tunnel vision.