From my bookshelf | 24.05.2022 Will traditional wars become rarer? While the war in Ukraine brutally illustrates the costs of conventional warfare, non-military means are gaining a strategic role in conflicts
From my bookshelf | 29.06.2021 The future of Europe is here Even though there is much to criticise about the EU, Geert Mak’s 'The Dream of Europe', shows that we have come a long way
Europe | 04.12.2019 A truly geopolitical EU Commission? Rather than playing geopolitical games itself, von der Leyen’s Commission should be critical of the very notion of geopolitics
Bernie and Mamdani did it, can the rest of the progressives? The American left is focusing on social issues again. It must now prove that this approach will help it win back the working-class voters it has lost
Adiós sovereignty After years of authoritarian rule, many Venezuelans see US control as a way out of political decay — making the new protectorate surprisingly stable
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