Europe

  Historian Christopher Clark wrote the impressive book on how the European powers sleepwalked unnecessarily into World War I at the beginning of the last century. Can we learn something from this? There has been no period in history without war. Europe had the unique chance of a very long peace, mainly protected by the United […]

  Europe faces a rising wave of terrorism and increasing crime, yet its political elites struggle to address the situation effectively. They often misidentify the root causes – likely due to ideological bias – leading to misguided measures. Taylor Swift’s concert in Vienna was canceled due to a terrorist threat, and France and Germany imposed disproportionately high […]

Europe consists of a variety of countries and cultures with distinct traditions. The competition between them has long been the driver of developments. But Europeans also had something in common that was the fundamental component of success: a Christian heritage with its demand for self-responsibility and the call to “love thy neighbor.” Responsibility and respect […]

The worlds of media and politics are now consumed with the United States presidential election. Much of the speculation ignores, however, that whoever becomes president will be confronted with certain facts and developments they must address. This shows that it is not so important who the U.S. president is, at least not in international affairs. […]

The results of the European Parliament elections this month were rather inconsequential at the Union level. However, certain national situations appear more interesting. In a free democracy, elections serve the purpose of enabling people to decide on their representatives for a set period of time, according to candidates’ programs and intentions. The rule of law […]