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  • Wutbuerger, in France and elsewhere

    December 12, 2018

    ‘Wutbuerger’, like ‘Zeitgeist’ and other Germanic expressions, has become a key word in all European languages: angry citizens, steamrolled by rapid change, often belonging to the working poor in mostly rural areas, easy seducible by political snake oil vendors and their nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-European rants. The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) in France are the…

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  • Not (yet?) a European Army

    October 29, 2018

    The current headlines from Europe are dominated by Brexit. But that will pass. How Europe will create more security, both at its common border (Schengen) and in its ‘near-abroad’ (Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa) has been, is and will remain one of the EU’s top priorities. To get ‘lost in EU abbreviations’ is happening to…

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  • US Sanctions against Iran: Geopolitical impact on India and China

    October 22, 2018

    US-President Trump’s unilateral sanctions on Iran have one useful side-effect: they shake other big players of world politics so much that their national strategies become visible to a wider audience of observers, either by way of being redefined or by way of confirmation. We look at India and China. India, which does so little to…

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  • Europe’s Emancipation

    September 19, 2018

    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ call for a new international payment system is but part of Europe coming out on its own. Independent of Trump’s USA. For the large majority of Europeans, the 2nd WW comes out of history books or at most from an octogenarian’s tale in the family. Yet the most relevant consequence…

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  • Mit Diktatoren verkehren

    September 4, 2018

    Wie Europa als Hort rechtstaatlicher Demokratien, darunter der Schweiz mit national-populistischen Autokraten umgeht, ist zentral für die Positionierung der EU als Gegenpol. Der Aufstieg von ‘starken Männern’ unter dem Banner von National-Populismus ist weltweit und in Europa real. China unter Xi-Jinping, Russland unter Putin, die Türkei unter Erdogan, aber auch die von Trump scheinbar hypnotisierten…

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  • US-Sanktionen gegen Iran – erste Auswirkungen auf Irans Aussenhandel

    July 31, 2018

    Die einseitigen US-Sanktionen gegen Iran zeitigen Wirkung auf den internationalen Handel Irans. Die grossen europäischen Handelspartner Irans sowie die EU als Organisation und Mitunterzeichnerin des Nuklearvertrages suchen Mittel und Wege, die extraterritoriale Anwendung amerikanischer Sanktionen auf europäische Unternehmen zu verhindern. Auch Schweizer Unternehmen sind für ihr Iran-Geschäft mehrheitlich von den Sanktionen betroffen. Die iranische Führung…

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  • Trump’s low summit scores: madness, method and meaning

    July 24, 2018

    In his recent appearances at different summits, Trump’s behavior followed a certain pattern. Is it just the mad behavior of a hooligan in international affairs? Does he follow a long-term game plan of radical ‘Realpolitik’ where might ultimately trumps (sic) right? Or does he represent a major shift in the system of international relations? Probably…

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