Lost in Transformation: While Merz demands European sovereignty in speeches, he defaults to alignment with the US when it counts. Negating international law undermines an alliance of middle powers against aggressive great-power politics. It endangers Germany’s […]
From the Caribbean to the Arctic Imperialism has returned to the United States. First in the Caribbean, now in the Arctic. And it’s about more than Greenland – it’s about Europe’s sovereignty. These are my theses […]
65 percent of Germany’s economic elite could still see some benefits in a renewed presidency of Donald Trump, according to surveys. Under Trump, however, a systemic shift is taking place at an adventurous speed. Trump’s disruption […]
Freedom as Insight into Necessity 1. Above the Clouds “Above the clouds, freedom must be limitless –All fears, all worries remain hidden below.”Reinhard Mey sang this in 1974. In 1977, during the Landshut hijacking by the […]