On March 31, 2025, Heinrich Kreft, Jochen Richter, and I presented our new book „Europe and the Emerging New Global Order“ [1] during an online event hosted by the Diplomatic Council. This event was part of a broader series of presentations held in various cities and countries. What is the book about? Security – narrowly […]
“There is great disorder under the heavens – the situation is excellent” (天下大乱形势大好). Mao Zedong’s words in 1967, spoken during his inspections across various regions of China, were not merely an observation but an affirmation of his belief in the transformative power of upheaval. At the height of the Cultural Revolution, the widespread mobilisation of […]
The European Union has yet to be created. The following article is already 6 years old, but has lost none of its relevance. Only the external circumstances have changed. “Why Trump Can Safely Ignore Europe, Its Leaders readily condemn but never act” Jeremy Shapiro, Director of Research at the European Council on Foreign […]
1. What Europe means (to us) „Ach Europa!“ (Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continent) is the title of a book by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, which he wrote about half a century after the end of the last huge catastrophe of European civilisation. His diagnosis of the “paradox Europe” reads: “It is the irregularity, the confusion […]
