What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations, wrote Chinese General Sun Tzu in the 5th century BC. I remember my father-in-law, who was a senior officer in the Belgian Army, talking about the reasons why World War II emerged: the European countries thought they could stop the…

This year will be a tougher year for the global economy than 2022. For most of the world economy, this is going to be a tough year, tougher than the year we leave behind because the three big economies — US, EU, China — are all slowing down simultaneously. We…

Another member of the opaque crypto sphere investigated. It is always dangerous to try to draw a parallel between competitors. However, the lack of transparency of Binance is similar to FTX. It does not publish financial statements. A Reuters analysis of Binance’s corporate filings shows that the core of the…

Coming back from the IMF meetings in Washington, I was impressed to see how deep the consensus was on the necessity to find ways to counteract the largest risk: an emerging market financial crisis that will this time go beyond the low-income countries and reach emerging markets who had access…

On November 11, 1947, almost thirty years after the World War I armistice, at the British Parliament pronounced those words: “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have…

Listening and reading the media as they cover the death of Queen Elizabeth II, I noticed a profound misunderstanding of what a constitutional monarchy represents, how diverse it is, and how it compares to a republic. …

I am terrified to see how Democrats are assaulting President Joe Biden and starting to speculate on the Presidential election while ignoring the fundamental challenges of the midterm elections. …

Why Autocrats Destroy their Countries: the Chinese, Russian, Turkish and Venezuelan Similitudes The emergence of autocrats in the last decennia, including populists who do not apply the rules of democracy, has led, in one form or another to the destruction of their countries. These leaders are moved by megalomania or…

The run for more morality in geopolitics following the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia is laudable, in view of the war crimes committed by its army and the absence of legitimacy of its actions. I, like many others, did feel the pain and the anxiety of seeing a new…