Germany between expectations and limitations

Introduction “Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world,” allegedly said Henry Kissinger, implying that Germany, having a large population, natural resources, and a central geographic […]

The Illusion of Peace in the Middle East

The Middle East remains mired in cycles of conflict and apparent truce. Normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab countries (the Abraham Accords) and intermittent negotiations with Iran occasionally fuel hopes […]

The silent war for rare earths in America

The dispute over rare earths in the Americas ceased to be a technical debate and became a strategic race for control of technological and military power in the 21st century. […]