Amidst a deep socio-economic crisis and acute political confrontation in the US, President Donald Trump is trying to turn around negative forecasts ahead of the congressional elections through populist measures and aggressive rhetoric, which only deepens the rift in American society and undermines the country’s standing on the world stage. Over the past few weeks, […]

The Trump-Xi summit did not mark a US-China rapprochement, but it demonstrates that sustained diplomacy and strategic guardrails are essential to prevent intensifying competition from becoming direct conflict. The recent summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington has demonstrated a significant paradox in contemporary international politics: the two superpowers […]

When Douglas Corrigan climbed out of his weather-beaten Curtiss Robin at Baldonnel Airfield near Dublin on 18 July 1938, he claimed to have made a simple navigational error. He had departed New York the previous day, supposedly bound for California, yet after twenty-eight hours in the air he found himself on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean. Few believed his explanation, but the public loved the story and he earned the nickname “Wrong Way” Corrigan.

The flight was the culmination of a dream that had begun more than a decade earlier, when Charles Augustus Lindbergh’s historic solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1927 inspired a generation of would-be aviators. Corrigan, who had helped build Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, was among those determined to follow in the famous pilot’s wake, though his own journey to aviation fame would take a far more unconventional route.

Douglass Corrigan stands before his Curtiss Robin that took him across the Atlantic. Credit: History Net

Während der UN-Generalversammlung hat der deutsche Außenminister Wadephul um ein Treffen mit dem russischen Außenminister Lawrow gebeten und es wurde gewährt, aber wie schon nach dem Treffen von Lawrow mit seiner Vorgängerin Baerbock hat die russische Seite nicht verstanden, was der Sinn des Treffens war, denn Neues hatte Wadephul nicht zu sagen. Überhaupt hatte die […]

Trump’s speech at the 81st General Assembly shows that warmongering USA may accelerate in practice. Whether other nations respond appropriately is a separate matter. Trump’s Military Threat at the UNGA While the UN Charter, the document that established the United Nations (UN), prioritized the cultivation and maintenance of peace among nations, US president Donald Trump […]

Letzte Woche fand die alljährliche UN-Generalversammlung statt, bei der jeder Staat in einer kurzen Grundsatzrede seine wichtigsten Ansichten zur Außenpolitik darlegt. Für Russland hat das dieses Mal der russische Außenminister Lawrow getan, der in seiner Rede die Politik des Westens heftig kritisierte. Ich habe seine Rede übersetzt, weil es in Deutschland nicht viele Möglichkeiten gibt, […]

On August 19, 2026, the United States national debt officially crossed the $40 trillion mark. The number has become so large that it risks becoming meaningless. That is precisely why it matters. Forty trillion dollars is no longer a projection or a warning about the future. It is the Treasury’s current balance-sheet reality. This is […]