Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

  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. […]

  In Germany, during Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure, we witnessed a strategic shift of the Christian Democrats towards socialism to capture voters from the left. Ms. Merkel masterfully marketed her politics of stagnation as stability. The result was steady decline, culminating in the dysfunctional coalition between the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. Infrastructure is now […]