Immanuel Kant: “Peace is the masterpiece of reason.” A quick look at current world events is enough to reveal that the world is further away from...
*Immanuel Kant: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry...
Escape from Königsberg, Prussia, January 1945 “My dearest father, …. We were going to go out and, all of a sudden, planes came and – rum,...
Krieg ist das Ergebnis einer falschen Politik und sein Erbe Not und Elend.1 (From Gestrüpp meines Lebens, a diary kept by my grandfather, Helmuth Banik) …next...
“Politik ist, wenn man Gottes Schritt durch die Weltgeschichte hört, dann zuspringt und versucht, einen Zipfel seines Mantels zu fassen.”[1]Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) Specialist in geopolitical...
“We intend to be kind to everyone. We have many friends. But just as importantly, we aspire to remain ourselves.”–Lee Kuan Yen (1923-2015), Prime Minister of...
Donald Trump’s rise to power, his “America first” policy and the announcement by Chinese President Xi Jinping of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), designed to...
What does it mean to live in a world without global leadership? Where is the European Union heading? What impact will Trump’s “America first” policy and...
