South America has always been somehow off the beaten track. The big questions of world politics were rarely answered in the countries of Latin America, and even today it is still unclear to what extent this might change. The ancient civilisations of pre-Columbian America, with their Mayan, Aztec or Inca empires still known today, were… Continue reading The forgotten Continent
Tag: USA
The End of Neoliberalism
US President Joe Biden has launched a major economic stimulus package. All in all, it involves investments in the trillions, with which he wants to propel the country's economy to new heights. Since the days of Thatcher and Reagan, the orientation of the economies of the West has been very liberal, often referred to as… Continue reading The End of Neoliberalism
USA, China, Russia
The lines of conflict between Russia and China are manifold and sometimes very old. When the USA managed to play out these lines between China and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, the two Asian powers were on the brink of war, mainly over border disputes on the Ussuri. Even though most of these manifold… Continue reading USA, China, Russia
USA and Russia
Relations between the USA and Russia have not been very good since the end of the Soviet Union. Instead of a rapprochement between the two great powers, the mutual attitude has been characterised by confrontation, a circumstance which benefits a third power in particular. The triangular relationship between Russia, the USA and China underwent a… Continue reading USA and Russia
The new Inflation
The economic crisis triggered by Corona is currently affecting every country in the world. Surprisingly, however, the countermeasures that the states are applying always seem to be the same: printing a lot of money. In the Eurozone, this approach is reflected in the fact that the amount of money in circulation has increased by about… Continue reading The new Inflation
The Price of Rapprochement
The US under President Joe Biden is currently trying to reach a new agreement with Iran and the other countries involved in the previous so-called Iran Agreement. This is causing a number of geopolitical shifts across the region and also some problems for the US. Some of the US's closest allies during the Trump administration… Continue reading The Price of Rapprochement
The Reactions
The problem with this US tactic is that the countries targeted by this policy immediately look for alternative ways to pursue their trade despite these restrictions. In many cases, the US crackdown has made it easy to find these solutions and they are now undermining the US-dominated global trading system. China, in particular, is currently… Continue reading The Reactions
The Strategy of maximum Pressure
Under the Trump administration, a strategy of "maximum pressure" was frequently pursued. The concept behind this was to force another party to react in a certain way through various, but almost always economic, measures. This was coupled with Trump's instinctive feel for his counterpart's weak points. Towards the US allies, the approach consisted in particular… Continue reading The Strategy of maximum Pressure
Different Times
In many discussions on global politics of today are two focal points many refering to, one is the beginning of a new cold war to describe the politics of the upcoming decades, the second is the analogie with the beginning of the First World War to point out the danger of an upcoming „hot“ war.… Continue reading Different Times
The Battlefield
The question, which countries are better suited to develope a policy of non-alignation, could give a hint to the answer of this question. What´s obvious in this regard is the deep difference between the situation today and the one during the first Cold War, where many states were in complete dependency of one of the… Continue reading The Battlefield
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