Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

  Stock markets have dropped. This is not too concerning, as it comes after two years of rallying. The big tech stocks especially, such as Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Tesla, were highly overvalued. The market works and corrects excesses. Other news might have a larger impact: a possible weakening of the United States dollar. It […]

  The most significant challenge to Europe’s global competitiveness and individual freedom is oversized government, excessive spending, and the ballooning debt that results. The continent is trapped in a vicious circle. Overreaching regulations and institutions are eating away at Europe’s economy and freedoms like a metastasizing cancer. The essential roles of the state are to […]

  United States President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance clashed openly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office last week. Mr. Zelenskiy insisted that Russia would not honor any agreement – an obvious point – in a bid to secure concrete security commitments from Washington. President Trump lost patience, the exchange grew heated […]

  The exchange of hostages kept by Hamas in Gaza was deeply shocking. On October 7, 2023, the murderous terrorists not only butchered nearly 1,200 innocent people but also took hundreds of hostages, including small children. They kept them in terrible conditions and murdered many of them. In February, they staged gruesome displays when exchanging hostages […]

In a striking speech this February at the 61st Munich Security Conference, United States Vice President J.D. Vance held a mirror to European elites. Rather than focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he highlighted Europe’s democratic value deficits, which leave the continent vulnerable. The vice president asserted that European citizens are often silenced when they express non-conformist views. […]