The world increasingly is revolving around three major powers: the United States, Russia and China. And with all three blocs being led by autocratic personalities and governments, a degree of confrontation is pre-programmed: America seeks to take control of the Panama Canal, would like to accept Canada as the 51st state and wants to buy […]
Tag: Ukraine
Autocracies vs democracies – A question of personal choice
The war in Ukraine is showing once more, how interconnected the global economies are and hence to what extent our lifestyle depends on what in democratic terms are unfriendly governments. Russia provides a substantial share of oil, gas and coal burnt in Europe, and hence the ‘special military operation’ against pro-western Ukraine poses a dilemma. […]
Refugees
At the time of writing some 10 million people in Ukraine have left their homes. Many of them are, for the moment at least, still in Ukraine and hence do not yet fit the UNHCR‘s definition of refugees. Then add to these to 82,400,000 forcibly displaced people at the end of 2020 of which, according […]
The grumpy older man 