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Author, speaker and guest lecturer on current geopolitical, economic and political issues related to China, EU and the US, focus on Jacques Ancel’s geopolitical vision “identity of heart”
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“Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.” Genghis Khan The world is continuing to play with fire. Does that mean we will witness a global conflagration? According to…
The Potsdam Conference, which took place 80 years ago from July 17 to August 2, 1945, stands as a symbol of diplomacy and the negotiation of a new peaceful world order. A pioneer unit of the Soviet army built a wooden bridge to replace the…
With all the war rhetoric coming not only from Russia but also from the so-called Western community of values, one might easily get the impression that we are trying to test whether NATO is still functional. Will Article 5 of the NATO Treaty really be…
Geopolitical stories by Dr. Katja Banik. Many people do not realize how lucky we all are to be living in these times of change and upheaval – so, let’s make something of it! „Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast“ [1]…
Immanuel Kant: “Out of wood so crooked as that of which man is made, nothing absolutely straight can be wrought” Queen Louise Bridge over the Russian-Lithuanian border, Summer 2023 East …
Immanuel Kant: “Heaven has given mankind three things to counterbalance the many hardships of life: Hope, sleep and laughter.” Kant bench at Philosophenweg, Königsberg, April 2024 Going through life with humor and…
“The Curonian Spit is as remarkable as Spain or Italy, which one must have seen if one’s soul is not to be deprived of a wonderful image.” [1] - Alexander von…
Immanuel Kant: “Peace is the masterpiece of reason.” A quick look at current world events is enough to reveal that the world is further away from peace than ever. What humanity urgently needs now is common sense to secure peace, as we are…
A geopolitical essay by Dr. Katja Banik *Immanuel Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral…
Escape from Königsberg, Prussia, January 1945 [IMG ID=1824] Source: thevisionmsms.org“My dearest father, …. We were going to go out and, all of a sudden, planes came and – rum, rum – the bombs fell without any alarm. And from then on things…
Krieg ist das Ergebnis einer falschen Politik und sein Erbe Not und Elend.1 (From Gestrüpp meines Lebens, a diary kept by my grandfather, Helmuth Banik) [IMG ID=1557]Source: Wikipedia ...next – Prussia, family roots and identity of heart Cultural…
“Politik ist, wenn man Gottes Schritt durch die Weltgeschichte hört, dann zuspringt und versucht, einen Zipfel seines Mantels zu fassen”1 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) [IMG ID=1303]Source: regnum.ru A very personal view: seeing Prussia without…