Ralph Schoellhammer

March 15, 2025
Collapsing Oil Industry May Force Putin’s Hand
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
EU Defense Proposal Isn't a Course Correction
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
Germany’s Economic Comeback Is Not Guaranteed
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 Cut Out and No One Cared
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
Germany’s Conservatives & the AFD Conundrum
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
U.S. is Reasserting Their Superpower Role
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
Europe’s Right Must Form a Cohesive Vision
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
In America, No More ‘Pathological Altruism’
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...

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