The value of Bitcoin, the dominant online currency in the world, is treacherously unpredictable. But it is an emerging front in the economic war between Washington…
Cryptocurrencies• Technology
China
China is finally after three decades back on the European agenda – in which way to act in the shadow of the US and Trump’s trade war with China remains the biggest question
March 2019The last time EU leaders held strategy talks on China was just after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1983. The 12 heads of state and government…
Claims about a new Cold War are most probably unconvincing. But ignoring them is unwise because behind the escalation lie important messages for Europe and the…
Brexit• Europe• Italy
Europe’s Identity Crisis – populism is killing Italy’s democracy – another worrying front after Brexit
March 2019This month marks a year since the last general election in Italy. Three months afterwards Matteo Salvini’s League and Luigi di Maio’s Five Star Movement (M5S)…
Technology
As a lot of countries around the world still fail to protect our personal data in the internet through binding online rules and regulation laws, cyber security firms could bring and provide us the fastest global solution
March 2019The internet in my opinion is broken and needs serious fixing. The search for any kind of solution so far has focused on breaking up Big…
General• Technology
Happy Birthday – Let’s reflect on the 30 years existence of the World Wide Web
March 2019The year 1989 is often remembered for events that challenged the Cold War world order, from the protests in Tiananmen Square to the fall of the…
Germany
Uber, WeWork, Snap – all these companies burn a lot of cash while planning growth – how planning for a German airport ran amok
February 2019Germany, German efficiency, German precision, German planning. Not too long ago “Made in Germany” was a brand itself. But how about a massive waste of money…
Middle East• US
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan: His “Art of the Deal” – his “Deal of the Century” will be a big flop in the Arab World
February 2019The new Middle East peace plan will in my opinion fail since it completely underestimates Arab leaders and ignores what they know about their region and…
Cryptocurrencies• Technology
Through blockchain technology we could revolutionize financial transactions and eliminate many of the inbuilt inefficiencies plaguing the older system
February 2019While the first stock exchange, in Amsterdam – Netherlands, was established in 1602, it wasn’t until the late 2000s that global trading became mostly digital with…
General
Quantitative Easing (QE) exacerbates social divides and for start-ups, it acts as a distortion to the business cycle
February 2019Investors have long taken comfort from the hope that, should economic conditions deteriorate, central banks will ride the rescue with more bond-buying. It might ultimately prove…