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Neither Putin nor Trump?

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24 February 2025

Merz needs to save Germany and EU unity against Russian neo-czarist drives. Trump captured the European defense intention but now should mute the loud rhetoric and hard-right support, which is backfiring. It may be a blow for US President Donald Trump, but even more so for Russian President Vladimir Putin. While there is no clear […]

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Trump’s Foreign Echo

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- America -
22 February 2025

It’s a US capitalist revolution, but its voice, geared towards domestic politics, is backfiring internationally, undermining the president and the country. What is fairer? The rock show of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, brandishing a chainsaw and promising to cut civil servants’ jobs (i.e., take wealth from the poor and give it […]

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USA Arduous Bet For Peace

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- America -
20 February 2025

Trump may wish to get a peace deal and win the mid-term elections, but blaming Zelensky is a step too far. It may unravel everything and trap the president in an impossible position US President Donald Trump changed his version of the war, blaming Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and absolving Russian president Vladimir Putin to […]

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China – War Ready. And Its Strategy

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19 February 2025

China is readier for war than some in the West may think, and it can be very different from what people might expect. The war in Ukraine should have alarmed the West and the EU into restarting their military industry. It didn’t. The EU sheepishly dreamed it would be a parenthesis, not an existential call. […]

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EU, Understanding US-China Concerns

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- Europe -
17 February 2025

The US must concentrate on China and Asia because it’s the fastest rising challenge to the United States and the present world order, and because the Asia-Pacific is home to 60% of the global population and 70% of global economic growth. Therefore, US President Donald Trump is right to seek peace with Russia and some […]

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US-Prussia against neo-Austria-Hungarian Empire?

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- Europe -
13 February 2025

The upcoming German political elections should aim to recover past legacies and forge a special relationship with London to counter an Austrian-Hungarian trend and mitigate a dangerous rift with the US. The American peace talks with Russia on Ukraine shouldn’t become a fissure in transatlantic ties, and the burden of mending them rests with the […]

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Trump and Christian Faith: Between Déjà-vu and Novelty

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- America -
13 February 2025
Trump and Christian Faith: Between Déjà-vu and Novelty

There’s nothing particularly new about a gathering of Christian ministers praying around U.S. President Donald Trump to bless him before the flashlights. Pastor Paula White-Cain was appointed to head the White House Faith Office. It happened, and it is happening again—for once, in a very imaginative and surprising start to the presidency, the scene wasn’t […]

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