Why was Blinken’s trip to China a dismal failure? June 22, 2023 Snubbed and embarrassed from the outset when no one from the Chinese side showed up to greet him upon his arrival, Blinken spent his…
Volatility in the price of natural gas raises questions in the EU June 22, 2023 The TTF index in the natural gas market in Amsterdam has gone “crazy” in the last seven days: The price of natural gas initially…
A Multipolar World – Part I June 22, 2023 The world is no longer unipolar, as American neoconservatives once claimed, but neither is it multipolar, as former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov believed….
How is Turkey penetrating the Balkans through the Kosovo-Serbia conflict? June 22, 2023 Having secured another five years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to increase Turkey’s influence in the Balkans – a region that was…
How Military Doctrines are Formed: Eight Lessons from World War II which the West must take seriously June 22, 2023 Paris, January 29, 1940: For five months now, France has declared war on Germany. Nothing spectacular has happened since then, except of course the…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2023 June 22, 2023 For the 21st year, the important institution The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 evaluates restaurants from 24 regions of the world including all 5…
EU: Labor costs rise by 5% in Q1 2023 June 22, 2023 Labor costs increased by 5.0% in the first quarter of 2023 in the euro area and by 5.3% in the EU, compared to the…
African countries are calling for de-dollarization and are openly in favor of the BRICS June 22, 2023 Three recent events that have taken place in the last few days show that the Americans seem to have diminished the influence they had…
Steadily increasing annual demand for Gold June 22, 2023 Gold never loses its luster as evidenced by the steady production and high demand consistently recorded quarter after quarter. With annual demand consistently exceeding…