The rockets of summer
Multiple avenues of escalation by the West in Ukraine could easily lead to a nuclear confrontation with Russia The United States and Britain have now given Ukraine M142 HIMARS and…
How about the Emmanuel Macron idea for a two-tier Europe?
Brussels (10/8 – 20). Fresh off the back of a resounding election victory last month, Emmanuel Macron has pitched one the biggest changes to the structure of the European Union in decades. What is…
Russian Gas Cuts Will Not Kill the German Economy
Expensive energy, particularly natural gas, poses a difficult economic and political challenge for all energy-importing industrialized countries. But the data suggest that Germany is better placed than most of its…
Is the PGA an illegal monopoly?
Golfers weigh the PGA’s monopoly power against Saudi Arabia’s human rights record Georgia (14/6-50). In addition to typical critiques of the Kingdom’s human rights record and oppressive domestic policies, the Saudi-bankrolled…
Poland Is Buying 1,000 K2 Black Panther Tanks (And More) For A Russia War
Poland is going all in on new military hardware from South Korea: Following a visit to Seoul by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak late in May 2022 Warsaw announced late last month it…
US base in Germany looking into claim that security forces airman offered bribe to pass fitness test
Ramstein Air Base leaders are investigating allegations that an airman tried to bribe officials into issuing a passing score on an annual physical fitness test. A spokesman for the 86th…
Europe Is Faking Solidarity, and Putin Knows It
The 27 national leaders of the European Union love to extol the solidarity that binds their countries together. Even the words signal destiny. “Union” comes via French from the Latin…
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for dozens of deaths in Donetsk prison destruction
Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed when a prison building was destroyed in a missile strike or explosion, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other…
Discovering Germany by train
Travelling by train goes easy on resources and wallets. Deutschland.de presents some of the most picturesque routes and destinations: From Munich to Füssen in the Allgäu Munich is not only the…