Tag: briefing
The World in Energy Crisis – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, the war in Ukraine brought the world a third week of lies, futile negotiations and endless suffering. There are the Ukrainians, who have to beg for peace…
The raid on the global economy – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
everyone knows these numbers by now. They are indicators of a dependency, and no one laughs at blustering Donald Trump anymore. He accused Germany of having made itself a “prisoner”…
Living with perceived inflation – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
To err is human, but at the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) it is completely inappropriate. There, President Christine Lagarde played down the risk of inflation for a…
Gasoline, or the price of freedom – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
The EU Commission also wants to reduce imports of Russian natural gas by two thirds within a year, an ambitious goal. President Ursula von der Leyen: “We simply cannot rely…
Russia threatens oil and gas pause – Handelsblatt morning briefing
The Gazprom pipes of Nord Stream 2 between Vyborg in Russia and Greifswald in Germany were deactivated by the German government after the Ukraine invasion. Apparently, a submissive statement by…
Russia threatens oil and gas pause – Handelsblatt morning briefing
The Gazprom pipes of Nord Stream 2 between Vyborg in Russia and Greifswald in Germany were deactivated by the German government after the Ukraine invasion. Apparently, a submissive statement by…
Uprising against Putin’s business model – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Germany would be a flawless democracy according to Moscow pattern, then it would most certainly say something about a “special operation” and a “peacekeeping force” to take on this Russian…
The Chancellor and the Fear of Putin – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Vladimir Putin’s TNT terror is a two-hour flight from Munich or Berlin. Two hours? In reality, the Kremlin kleptocrate’s war on freedom is much closer – it’s in our heads.…
The world votes against Putin – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the resolution: “The people of Ukraine urgently need peace. And people all over the world are demanding it.” Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebensia,…
Joe Biden settles accounts with Putin – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
far away was the ignominious flight of Americans from Afghanistan last night when Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address. The US President wanted something that was “amazing”…
Putin, candidate for The Hague – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
in The Hague before the International Criminal Court so far mainly suspects from Africa. You can be prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression and war crimes. Will…
Europe makes itself strong – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
For the philosopher Bertrand Russell, world history is “also the sum total of what could have been avoided”. However, that would require rational behavior – and not a form of…
Putin’s War – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, a dramatic week is behind us, a week that will go down in history as a turning point. We have devoted an extensive cover story to this…
The Political Comeback of War – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
we thought we were dealing with a “chess player”, not a war criminal. We believed he was playing by the rules and not betting his own. We figured he just…
The false messenger of peace from Donbass – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
These days we remember a piece of wisdom from Otto von Bismarck. The “Iron Chancellor” once said that “there was never as much lying as before the election, during the…
Putin’s “Invasion”, Stalin’s Legacy – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
it’s not about Crimea anymore. It is no longer about the Donbass. It’s all about Ukraine. And at some point it’s about Georgia and other states that were once part…
The frustration, the speech, the war – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
for psychologists, Vladimir Putin is probably a case study for the theory that out of repeatedly subjectively experienced frustration – Nato! East expansion! – Aggression is almost inevitable. And so…
Robert Habeck embraces the economy – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In companies like VW or BMW, “co-management” between the board and the works council has become established. This is roughly how Robert Habeck imagines the relationship between business and politics.…
Jan Marsalek’s biggest coup – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, in December, my colleagues from the investigative department approached me about a special project relating to Wirecard. We had just published the Wambach report, the classified investigation…
No relaxation in Ukraine – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Yesterday, at this point, I pointed out that the perceived relaxation in the Ukraine crisis corresponds above all to western wishful thinking. Now reality has caught up with us. So…