Ralph Schoellhammer

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  • March 15, 2025
    As negotiations over a ceasefire in Ukraine intensify, US President Donald Trump has said that he hopes “Russia will do the right thing” and accept the current terms....
  • March 14, 2025
    It is not entirely without irony that the “The Most Successful Peace Project in the History of Mankind” is currently planning the continent’s most...
  • March 7, 2025
    According to Bloomberg, Donald Trump has awakened the “sleeping giant Germany”, which will now boast not just Europe’s largest economy but also its...
  • February 28, 2025
    Europe no longer has a place at the table. It is that simple. At the time of writing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are negotiating...
  • February 6, 2025
    When Pyrrhus of Epirus triumphed at Asculum in 279 BC but lost much of his army in the process, he gave his name to a victory whose costs are nonetheless tantamount to defeat. While...
  • February 4, 2025
    As I have written elsewhere, I have always been suspicious of the idea of an emerging multipolar world order. This does not mean that it will never happen, but there is a...
  • January 30, 2025
    Barely a week goes by where there is not another “Make Europe Great Again” event somewhere on the old continent. I just recently participated in one taking place in the...
  • January 28, 2025
    While I agree with the premise that Donald Trump’s return to the presidency will be a good thing for the United States, I am a little less sanguine about what is going to...