While the war in Ukraine is in full swing, it is becoming increasingly clear that the relationship between the countries of the West and Russia is now in such a desolate state that these states can hardly succeed in resolving the conflict. This, in turn, directs attention to the East, where the People's Republic of… Continue reading All Eyes on Beijing
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A new World Order
In any international system, there are certain rules implemented with the goal to stabilise the inevitable rumble for power between different entities within the system. With the full-blown Russian attack on the Ukraine, our current system, influenced by western thinkers of the enlightenment period, is doomed to failure. The western liberal order under Anglo-American dominance,… Continue reading A new World Order
The Unity of Ukraine
With all the attention of the world being focused on the crises between Ukraine and Russia, the deeper question about the very unity of Ukraine arrises once again. In the last 24 hours, the Russian Duma voted for a proposal for Vladimir Putin to recognise the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, while the United… Continue reading The Unity of Ukraine
Crisis in East Europe
While the situation in the South is, from an european point of view, in long run increasingly critical, the situation in East Europe is right there now. After the doom of the Sowjet Union was an emerge of a number of new states in East Europe and throught this a number of borderconflicts and territorial… Continue reading Crisis in East Europe
Another Test of Endurance
At present, the eyes of the world are once again on Ukraine, on the eastern provinces and Crimea in the light of an increasingly confrontational attitude between Russia and its allies and Ukraine and the NATO countries. In addition to these central aspects, however, there is another relationship of interest in this constellation, namely that… Continue reading Another Test of Endurance
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