war

  One year ago, Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel, killing over 2,000 civilians, including infants, and taking hundreds of hostages. This savage act of violence led to an escalation over the past year that has ignited conflict across the region. We must ask: What is the logic behind such irrationality? To analyze this, we must separate […]

  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 […]

For the first time since the war began, Ukrainian boots are on Russian soil. Troops crossed the border, invading Kursk Oblast, capturing several villages and advancing up to 30 kilometers. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kyiv is pushing “the war out into the aggressor’s territory” and demonstrating its ability to “restore justice and exert pressure on the aggressor.” He also […]

The Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland concluded with no clear breakthrough but could lead to further talks. Could Saudi Arabia play a role in future meetings? See Prince Michael of Liechtenstein’s take on the summit.

In a nutshell China’s close ties to Russia prevent it from being a credible mediator in the Ukraine war Beijing appears to be making a second attempt at peacemaking to court the West These endeavors may not prove convincing to Western countries   Observers familiar with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s governance style have grown used […]