Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

  Through carelessness and a lack of caution, a reporter from The Atlantic was inadvertently granted access to a Signal chat for high-level American officials by United States President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Michael Waltz. Among the select participants were Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director […]

  Geographically, Europe is a peninsula at the western end of the vast Eurasian landmass. It is also part of the Atlantic region, where easy shipping across the ocean has fostered connections between Europe and America. Thus, the old continent is closely linked to both East and West. Its close neighbor to the south, Africa, […]

  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 […]