Islamic revival and the Great Game
With the recent attacks on Israel by Hamas, it is interesting to see how the organisation was created and its origins. Hamas is an Arabic abbreviation for the →
Geopolitics
When the plug goes out
We are in a delicate situation, where the state of the world can change monumentally from one day to the next, due to a number of factors that →
New borders in Europe if Ukraine falls?
Europe’s borders have been miraculously stable since World War II. With the threat of nuclear war and the complete eradication of our civilization, the appetite for war and →
What is a Swede?
We live in strange times. There are people who ask – what is a woman? And similar questions also arise about ethnicities and peoples. Whether this is just →
The birth of a superpower
The Americans have unwittingly given Russia a modern mythology, a historical turning point, a birth. When the conflict is over, the timeline will be divided into before and →
Europe as a third major power, with France as the leading nation
Germany is shutting down its last reactors and focusing on coal power instead. The shift is a result of pressure from environmentalists. One might question the logic of →
A narrow window of opportunity – the agony of the American Empire, and the world that caught up with it
Others have said it better than me, but it bears repeating. The US had a narrow window of opportunity to shape the world at the turn of the →
A divided America
I have discussed the concept of secession several times, it is about regions that break away from a state formation to become independent, or to join another state. →
Great Powers 2050
What is happening today in Ukraine is seen by some as a major reshaping of power structures in the world. The misguided sanctions against Russia have exposed the →
