Last night Körber-Stiftung History & Politics tried out an innovative 'kitchen debate' (in front of a packed house).

Subject: the future of globalisation.

This was (I believe) also the future of panel debates. Involve the guests properly and they will have a great time!

A full house at Körber-Stiftung IP in Hamburg for a conversation about what the dividing world will end up looking like.

It was an honour to discuss with Prof. Herfried Münkler and moderator Victoria Reichelt.

PS having it set up to resemble someone's kitchen: what a great idea.

What an honour to be invited to discuss globalisation & geopolitics with Herfried Münkler - one of Germany's most distinguished thinkers - in front of a full house in Hamburg.

Congrats Körber-Stiftung IP on the innovative programming format!
(Das Gespräch hat auf Deutsch stattgefunden.)

Luftwaffe A-scramble together with the Swedish Air Force by Gotland.

NATO in action.

I'm pleased that ETNOAssociation is focusing on the effects geopolitics is having/will have on the thoroughly globalised telecoms sector. (Huawei is only one part of it.)

17 April at 5pm in Brussels.

Putin has threatened to station more soldiers at the Finnish border in response to Finland joining NATO.

What soldiers?

The Finns know the Russian armed forces have no capacity for such an undertaking.

Me POLITICOEurope, with comments by Pekka Toveri politico.eu/article/vladim….

...but that doesn't mean that Russia won't have capacity in the future.

Joining NATO was a good step.

Putin has threatened to station more soldiers at the Finnish border in response to Finland joining NATO.

What soldiers?

The Finns know the Russian armed forces have no capacity for such an undertaking.

Me POLITICOEurope, with comments by Pekka Toveri politico.eu/article/vladim….

Czechia swiftly secured the first translation of Goodbye Globalization.

This agility is somehow symbolic of the success of certain countries in Europe that have put in a truly extraordinary performance over the past 3.5 decades.

Thank you. This is a massive headache for Denmark.

On this day 300 years ago, JS Bach conducted the first performance of the John Passion.

What a moment in musical history.

Interesting figures:
74% of Britons distrust China.
9% of Britons trust China.

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IKFF uttalar sig om NATO-soldater...utan någon som helst statistik eller information som kan backa upp påståendet.

Can't we just ban all vessels leaving Russian ports from entering our waters?

No, we can't. That's the dilemma posed by the shadow fleet.

Thank you Paddy Hirsch and NPR for the opportunity to comment on this subversive practice.

npr.org/transcripts/11…

A pleasure (under the circumstances) to discuss globalisation's troubling vital signs and what the emerging divided world will look like.

Thrilled to see Goodbye Globalization top Datarun.cz's best-seller list!

Anyone who has ever heard (or sung) Bach's John Passion: this Sunday it's 300 years since the great master conducted its very first performance.

This Sunday it's 300 years since the first performance of the John Passion - conducted by the great JS Bach himself.

Another dangerous form of greyzone aggression.

Russia has made thousands of attempts to interfere with European rail networks, the Czech Republic’s transport minister, Martin Kupka, has told the Financial Times.

ft.com/content/f82078…