A divided Europe
Europe has undergone several major periods of division, the first of which is not on the map, but roughly follows the Ottoman line, and involves the division of →
Geopolitics
Trade routes across the Bering Strait? Time to redraw the geopolitical map
We have long had lockdowns, where cultural and political barriers have created divisions between countries and their respective economies. Such a division existed between East and West, or →
An alternate Cold War
What if the Cold War (1947-1991) had instead been fought between the United States and Germany – and not the Soviet Union? It may be hard to believe, →
Calm between the storms
A sense of calm – and perhaps even hope – is spreading across the world following Donald Trump’s election victory. Trump and his party have seized everything that →
The European prison
Anyone who grew up in the 1970s will remember post-war Europe, where a third of Germany was behind the communist Iron Curtain, along with Poland, the Baltic States, →
The fall of the nation state
The classic nation state is about ‘one people and one country’. It often talks about linguistic and cultural unity, but there are also aspects of ethnicity and religion. →
People’s total disinterest in freedom and privacy issues, especially on the internet
Apart from a few oddballs, few people are upset by the European Commissions plans to control and monitor our online activities. And since most things are now connected →
They are all Russian bastards
Western Europeans have long harboured a kind of suspicion and sometimes disgust for everything east of Berlin. The endless steppes and the land of the mad horse people, →
Why didn’t the Swedes join NATO already after the Second World War?
Many were surprised by the Swedish rush to join NATO, which took place without a referendum or in-depth debate. Why now, one wonders? NATO was formed as a →
