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Europe’s Dilemma: Head or Heart?

by Kishore Mahbubani,* Singapore

(13 July 2021) A major geopolitical contest has broken out between US and China. This is not surprising. Whenever the world’s number one emerging power (today, China), is about to overtake the world’s number one power (today, USA), a geopolitical struggle breaks out between the two, as I document in the book “Has China Won?”.

“chug boat” tour through Husum Harbour

A short interview with Captain Loy, harbour master

(5 July 2021) Anyone going to the North Sea should definitely visit Husum. There is much to discover in this town on the Wadden Sea. Those who want to go on a marvellous mystery tour can do so in a boat.

Since 2015, Wolfgang Loy and his wife have been organising tours in Husum harbour on the chug boat “Möwe Willi”. Visitors learn a lot about the port, seafaring, the North Sea with its dangers, but also about the economic development of the port and the present challenges. After one such harbour tour, we had the opportunity to ask Captain Wolfgang Loy a few questions.

The battle for the F-35 has only just begun

by Guy Mettan,* Geneva

(5 July 2021) They dared! That was the first thought that came to my mind when the news of the purchase of the F-35 broke. Fascination with technology and subservience to the United States thus overrode all other political, military and geostrategic considerations.

Humane energy comes from freedom

by Carl Bossard

(1st July 2021) Those who accompany young people on their learning and life paths require freedom. This is often forgotten in reforms, including the recent restructuring of commercial apprenticeships in Switzerland. A plea for the renaissance of a buried concept.

Why the Putin-Biden summit was important

by Guy Mettan, independent journalist, Geneva

(24 June 2021) The cheers about the excellence of the Swiss welcome and preparation and the blah blah blah about the return of the United States to the international stage were no doubt justified, but they failed to show why the June 16 meeting between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden was important. Let us attempt an analysis.

Takeaways from Biden-Putin summit

by M. K. Bhadrakumar*

(24 June 2021) On the diplomatic stage, there is nothing to beat Russian-American summits in sheer theatrics. When the leaders of the two most powerful nuclear powers on earth sit face to face, anything can happen.