If it´s true that demographie is the fate of the people, Russia is looking for a taff century ahead. With a population of some 145 million people, the state has to manage the by far biggest country on earth. Despide that, during the last century, Russia had to pay a huge price in the currency… Continue reading Russia to the Russians?
Category: Politics
The new NATO
High-ranking representatives of the USA and China are currently in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss future relations between the two countries. Will there be a new cold war? Or does it already exist? And if so, what needs to be done to prevent an escalation? While France and Britain have already sent their navies into Pacific… Continue reading The new NATO
Decentralised Currencies
There´s a hell lot of money-talk going on all over the world right now, conserning the aftermaths of the pandemic. And one of these talks will soon be about the standing of the dollar as the global currency. Today, this role is safed by the fact that the international trade on oil is payed in… Continue reading Decentralised Currencies
Quo Vadis, Saudi Arabia?
Mohammed bin Salman, defence minister, deputy prime minister, crown prince and designated successor to the king, currently finds himself in a complicated situation. On the one hand, there is the unfavourable geopolitical starting position, with the great rival Iran, which has been able to expand its positions in a number of Arab states in the… Continue reading Quo Vadis, Saudi Arabia?
Four years on hold?
On 26 September 2021, the federal elections are to take place in Germany. After than 1 ½ years in which a pandemic has been the ever-present topic and politics has, more or less, only been concerned with keeping the damage of this catastrophe within acceptable limits. To a certain extent, they were successful in doing… Continue reading Four years on hold?
Europe as in middle ages
As Vasco da Gama joined the Sao Gabriel in Lisbao in 1497 to find the searoute to India, Europe was an isolated continent. The Osman Empire had already conquered Constantinopel and took over control of the landroutes from Asia to Europe. It was flourishing and set on to conquer Egypt and much of the northern… Continue reading Europe as in middle ages
Bangladesh
I remember reading a report in National Geographic magazine over a decade ago. The subject was Bangladesh and its problems, namely rapid population growth and the challenges of climate change. Ever since I read the article, I always saw this country as a kind of early warning system for the general development of humanity. If… Continue reading Bangladesh
5 years of solitude
While Germany is heading for another government-in-waiting, the problems in France are weighted entirely differently. When Macron was appointed President of the Republic in 2017, a general sense of relief could be heard. Fortunately, not Le Pen! The new president immediately exuded a spirit of optimism, he set about reforms, wanted to renew the European… Continue reading 5 years of solitude
Three of a kind
The relations between Erdogan´s Turkey and Putin´s Russia are among the most interesting in current world-affairs. Either part is threatening the vital interests of the other one, in special in the Caucasus and in Syria, but, through a diplomacy of balance, they nontheless manage to both strengthen their positions in relation to third powers involved.… Continue reading Three of a kind
The Mediterranean steps on the gas
The eastern Mediterranean, the Levant, is one of the oldest cultural regions on earth. Egyptians and Phoenicians, Greeks, Byzantines, Judaism and Christianity all have their roots here. This historical significance has been somewhat lost sight of recently; in the times of the Cold War, the focus was on other areas, and only the eternal battle… Continue reading The Mediterranean steps on the gas
Simon Dierich 