The story of human race is war said Winston Churchill. Except for brief and precarious interludes, there has never been peace in the world; and before…
Russia• Ukraine
Xi Jinping has been confirmed for a third term as general secretary of the Communist Party and head of the military. So, the question remains, “is…
Russia• Ukraine• US
Putin’s War is threatening our planet – attack on gas pipelines pulls Russia into the line of suspicion – but what about the US?!
November 2022There was no good time for Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked, idiotic invasion of Ukraine. But this is a uniquely bad time. Because it’s diverting worldwide attention and…
Economy
Inequality is further dividing the world into donors and recipients, creditors and debtors, givers and takers, winners and losers by facing and establishing a new form of imperialism and colonialism
October 2022Our international rules-based order through which the world’s nations pursue global peace and development is in my opinion crashing into the limits of its founding vision.…
Cryptocurrencies• Technology
Ethereum’s “The Merge” successful completion helps the crypto industry to further evolve
October 2022Crypto could use a bit of good news these days. It got some last month. Ethereum, the most popular open source crypto platform, appears to have…
Economy• Europe• Germany• Russia
Germany needs to wake up and must become a global economic actor within Europe and beyond
October 2022Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine is shaking up the EU, accelerating its evolution into a fully-fledged sovereign political power, complementing its existing economic strength. The…
The Italian right’s resounding victory in parliamentary elections this month is, in a certain sense, a landmark moment for Italy and in my opinion for European…
China• Economy
China’s biggest property boom in human history has ended and is now turning into a bust and economic transformation
September 2022China’s property – driven growth model, which has powered the global economy for at least two decades, is in my opinion looking increasingly broken. Fixing it…
Economy• General
The change in demography means… that governments of the world need to act fast on government debt levels and budgets… It’s looking really bad…
September 2022For the first time in history, there are more people over the age of 65 than under 5. Pensioners outnumber children in a growing number of…
Technology
From the monopoly of Big Tech to Space Tech – there is an urgent need to regulate the exploitation of space’s limited resources of the low – Earth orbit
September 2022The possibilities space offers are in my opinion almost endless. The navigation systems in our cars and phones; the weather observation satellites analyzing this summer’s heatwave…