To say this is the only cause would be an oversimplification. Empires rarely fall for one reason alone. Political corruption, social decay, foreign wars, and natural disasters […]
Author: Felix Abt
When Your “Free” Speech Costs You Your Bank Account
Censorship is no longer confined to the digital realm. Social media platforms can block content — but banks can do the same, quietly and invisibly. […]
Hawkish and Risky: Takaichi’s Course, the U.S., and Japan’s Future
From the Peace Constitution to Aggressive Rearmament Japan’s postwar constitution of 1947 – the so-called Peace Constitution – states in Article 9: “Land, sea, and […]
The Deal That Never Was: Washington Proposed, Moscow Agreed – and Trump Blocked It
The Deal That Never Was reveals how Trump’s transactional diplomacy – from Seoul to Anchorage – turned a tangible opportunity for peace into yet another missed […]
Rethinking China: Neither Communism nor Capitalism – a Meritocracy with Chinese Characteristics
Almost everything you read about China in Western media turns out to be false on closer inspection: No, there is no “social credit system.” And […]
The Great American Bluff
Boom for the Few According to Forbes¹, Elon Musk is now considered the first person with a net worth of $500 billion. While Musk and the super-rich […]
Europe’s Self-Destruction: Chip factory gone, industries weakened, investors deterred.
Europe’s Economic Self-Sabotage: The Nexperia Heist and Its Fallout What just happened in the Netherlands should alarm anyone who still believes Europe is a safe, […]
Debunking the Myth of China’s “Social Credit” Dystopia
Forget the Orwellian nightmare you’ve heard about — China doesn’t assign citizens “social credit scores” to monitor or control their every move. What actually exists […]
