Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Challenges by the Global South will change the power game. The first weekend of June brought another session of the top security summit in Asia, the Shangri-La Dialogue. The Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu and the United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke there, playing the usual blame-dodging game and warning against the […]

Generalizing can lead one astray in interpreting history, but the record of thousands of years of human civilization shows with reasonable clarity that powers rise, often become arrogant, overreach and decline. As decline breeds unrest, a declining power is dangerous. When that happens, other major powers also tend to act unreasonably. They do not grasp […]

Africa, Europe’s southern neighbor, is increasingly in the limelight. On one hand, Western politics fails to foster cooperation and growth in African countries. On the other, the media often depict Africa in a negative way. This lack of political engagement is most often due to a lack of knowledge – frequently bordering on ignorance – […]

The old “Great Game,’’ dating back to the 19th century struggle over Central Asia and Russian access to the Indian Ocean, is experiencing a renaissance. Then, the Russian Empire started to gain control in Central Asia from the north and the west, while the British Empire approached from the south, through the Indian subcontinent. The […]

A terrible earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing at least 40,000 people as the search for victims goes on and casualties are sure to mount. Infrastructure, including thousands of homes, has been destroyed in many towns and villages. Information on the disaster in Syria is more limited. Access for relief organizations and delivery of […]