Kleine aktuelle Geschichte: Ein kühler Wind weht durch den Bahnhof. Der Fern-Bahnsteig im Berliner Hauptbahhof ist gut gefüllt. Die einen haben Koffer, die anderen reisen nur mit Rucksack oder Aktentasche. Vereinzelt stehen Mütter mit Kindern an der Hand. Es sind…
The middle corridor of the new Silk Road handles much freight that was subtracted from the Northern Route via Russia. New train routes are planned.
Today, the civil citizens of several cities in Ukraine were heavily bombed. No words seem sufficient to describe the suffering in Ukraine, and the brutality of the Russian aggression. No words seem adequate for the irrationality of Russia´s war against…
The sun will be shining, but the topics are dark. Heads of State from Russia and China, Turkey and Central Asia, and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are meeting today and tomorrow in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to discuss…
Kazakhstan is facing great challenges. Internal and external challenges. But, as often quoted, a challenge is also an opportunity, a chance for new ways and improvements. External challenges have been triggered by the Russian war in Ukraine. Kazakhstan has good…
Ukraine: Momente einer Reise Kiew – Charkiv (Ostukraine) In 2015 I had the chance to visit Ukraine with a humanitarian aid organisation (ASB – Arbeiter Samariten Bund) – first Kiev, then Charkiv, the city in the East of Ukraine, that…
Abstract: It was the need for energy, independent from Russian sources, that started the Central Asia Initiative of the European Union in 2007, designated for 6 years, a decision that was voted on with the consent of all member states.…
War – not unexpected, but surely a situation all sides of the conflict had tried to avoid. Another tragic war! I was going to write a long article showing all sides and aspects of the conflict. There are many more…
I had the great pleasure to speak at the IV International Scientific Conference at Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Science and Institute for Georgia´s Neighborhood Studies, yesterday, POLITICS AROUND THE CAUCASUS I gave a presentation about the…
Greetings to all my friends in Georgia! Exactly ten years ago Georgia was invaded by Russia, involved in a conflict that has an international background: A war about energy! New pipelines running through Georgia, bringing Caspian energy to Turkey and…
