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Aufwiedersehen, Willkommenskultur? Not yet.

The western German city of Solingen had been famous for its many factories producing high-quality knifes and blades. Tradition meeting expert craftsmanship for more...

Christopher Tapp
Sep 3, 2024 4 min read

A Maverick Historian with Unorthodox Thoughts

Emmanuel Todd, the Cambridge-educated French philosopher-historian-sociologist-political scientist is known for his “controversial” or “unorthodox views”. Not completely unfounded thoughts, though, as his 1976 prediction...

Ana Richter
Aug 28, 2024 5 min read

Who needs enemies with friends like these?

The pictures of gas bubbling up to the surface of the Baltic Sea had barely appeared on the screens, when the first claims appeared...

Ana Richter
Aug 26, 2024 3 min read

Brussels leaves Member States alone when it comes to…

There are many tourist attractions in Latvia that belong to either the categories of ’must see’ or ’no go zone’, depending on how much...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 25, 2024 4 min read

A game changer or a risky gamble? Only time…

News arrived first only sparsely, more like rumours than facts for the first few hours and days, but then turned into a tide as...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 23, 2024 3 min read

At Macron’s Olympics, ’difference’ triumphed over ’normality’

As the Paris Olympic Games have ended, it is worth looking back and assessing them – this time, not in terms of the athletes’...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 20, 2024 3 min read

A vote for a stronger European Parliament

All the talk about the “democracy deficit” of the EU is nothing new. In fact, it started in the late ‘70s and has been...

Leslie Zelinka
Aug 15, 2024 3 min read

A few thoughts on the “prisoner swap of the…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris waited for them in person, on the tarmac. (So did President Putin in Moscow, though he...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 13, 2024 3 min read

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