On the surface, casual observers might be forgiven for thinking that Russia’s security guarantee requests do indeed amount to an undeclared sphere of influence that’s occurring at the expense of the Central & Eastern European countries’ sovereignty, but that’s actually not the case if one takes the time to think more deeply about it. The…
There’s no doubt that an official as prominent as Schoenbach is, who represents the EU’s de facto leader, would be well informed of the US-led West’s strategic calculations towards Russia. That’s why his words should be interpreted as the truth of what’s really being discussed behind closed doors right now. German Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach was…
Amid the world’s forced turn toward nuclear power and energy crisis, Europe had given serious thought to nuclear power’s future on the continent. Currently, 31 countries operate nuclear power plants. The peak in nuclear power generation was recorded in 2006 (2,660 TWh), but overall, the share of nuclear power in global electrical power generation decreased from…
The problem is that the prophets of World War 3 were right. Only, as in the poem by the Polish-Lithuanian poet Czesław Miłosz about the end of the World that no one noticed – perhaps there will be no more global war other than a permanently hybrid war. And the inhabitants of not infected parts…
When talking about Germany’s Fourth Reich, it’s crucial to issue the clarification that Kaczynski did that this neo-imperialist model isn’t the same as its World War II-era genocidal predecessor lest one’s genuine criticisms of that country be dismissed as a ‘conspiracy theory’. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who functions as his country’s “grey cardinal”,…
In the lead-up to the European Council Summit in Brussels on December 15-17, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán promised to defend family-friendly policies. He referred specifically to rising energy costs, but he also vowed to fight EU proposals for new taxes on homes and cars. Prime Minister Orbán pledged to “protect the interests of families,” a phrase…
