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Why the Ukraine War Is Just the Start of a Global Power Struggle
In an interview with Patrik Baab, Peter Hänseler discusses Russia’s future, the crisis facing the West, and the threat of nuclear escalation.
The AI Bubble: The Worst Bubble Ever?
The stock market keeps setting records, but the lenders are getting nervous.
Mohammed bin Salman is more at risk internally than from AnsarAllah attacks
Disgruntled tribes, a sidelined clergy, an army divided by design. While Houthi missiles hit Riyadh, the crown prince’s power grab may prove his undoing.
I Have a Dream!
What would the world look like if the nations of the world decided to allow everyone to thrive in peaceful coexistence? — Why doesn't that seem to work? Which troublesome elements would need to be neutralized?
What If Iran's Real Battlefield Is the US Treasury Market?
The 10-year US Treasury yield has topped 5% for the first time since 2007. It's a surge that is straining Uncle Sam's finances, and Tehran has a hand in it
The Spectre of Egon Bahr Returns to Moscow
In 1963, Bahr devised Ostpolitik (“Eastern Policy”), which favored rapprochement with the USSR over hostility. Late in life, he called the West's choice of confrontation "the mistake of the century."
John Kiriakou: War, Diplomacy and What Comes Next
Part of the upcoming “World War III” documentary
Trump Talks the Talk and Walks the Path of War on Iran. So Does Netanyahu
As the propaganda campaign over Hormuz falters, the road ahead leads not to victory but to a wider conflagration
Is the West Losing Power?
Simon Hunt speaks with Peter Hänseler about political stability in Russia, the outlook for the war in Ukraine, and the escalating conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.
Are Europe’s Smallest Nations Dragging the Continent into War?
Three Baltic states have captured the EU's foreign policy microphone. They are committing Europe's biggest economies to a confrontation their voters never chose.
Ansar Allah’s Unperceived Advantages Against Saudi Arabia
Geography, Yemen’s Revolutionary Inheritance, Saudi Internal Factionalism and its Contested Islamic Credentials Are Yemen’s Trump Cards
Global Tipping Points Lead the World Into a State of Entropy
We are experiencing not just one, but many tipping points in world history all at once. The world is in a state of entropy. An analysis of a situation in which it is no longer possible to make predictions.
Bern Governs Against the Will of the People It Claims to Serve
The Federal Department of Defence (DDPS) has been bringing Switzerland closer to NATO for years, without ever consulting the people. On 27 September, the Swiss will finally be able to decide.
BRICS: between small gains and major projects
The New Delhi Summit, progress on the margins, and challenges ahead
Saudi Arabia's Potentially Destructive ‘Credibility Trap’
Saudi Arabia weighs yielding to the Houthis against defending its credibility, as internal fractures threaten the kingdom.
Germany and the Enemy States Clause
The “Enemy States Clause” has placed Germany under the control of the victors of World War II since 1945. Never repealed, this provision underscores the current limits of German sovereignty.
Why Switzerland must tie its politicians’ hands
On September 27, Swiss voters decide on neutrality. Officially taken for granted by all, it is in fact at the heart of a conflict between citizens and elites over the country's creeping subordination to NATO and the EU.
The Flawless Surface: A Fact-Finding Mission into Japan’s Social Decay
Investigating the paradox of a safe, orderly nation wrestling with extreme work hours, marital decline, entrenched economic woes, and millions hiding in isolation.
Diary of My Death
At the Swiss conference “Mut zur Ethik” (“Courage for Ethics”) on September 5, Patrik Baab presented a narrative on fear and political exclusion, coupled with a critique of contemporary Germany and Europe.
Bern's Dangerous Change of Course
An informal network of media outlets, government agencies, and think tanks is pushing Switzerland toward NATO