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  Since the partition of the Indian subcontinent, regular and often violent disputes have broken out along the Line of Control in Kashmir. Both India and Pakistan claim the region in full, though control has been split since the first war between the two countries. One of these disputes erupted at the end of April, triggering […]

  Global debt has reached staggering figures, totaling more than $300 trillion in 2024. Most of this debt is concentrated in the older, industrialized democracies, as well as China. It comprises public sector (sovereign) debt, corporate borrowings and household liabilities. Collectively, it represents roughly 300 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. In 2024, the total […]

This material was originally delivered as a speech at the XIX GvH Conference in May 2025.   In contemporary discourse, D.E.I. – diversity, equity and inclusion – are treated as objectives to be achieved through policy or institutional mandates. The language used to promote these objectives often undermines the organic role which diversity plays and […]

This material was originally delivered as a speech at the XIX GvH Conference in May 2025.   Viele Libertäre definieren Freiheit als Abwesenheit von physischer Gewalt oder deren Androhung. Sie kritisieren, wie Ralph Raico, daher den Freiheitsbegriff von John Stuart Mill. Mill sprach von „the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling to impose, by […]

This material was originally delivered as a speech at the XIX GvH Conference in May 2025.   Kurz nach dem Amtsantritt Donald Trumps als Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten erschien in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung ein hoffnungsfroher Kommentar mit dem Titel „Trumps Konterrevolution: Woke als progressive Leitkultur ist am Ende “ 1. Der Autor, Benedikt Neff, […]