Archiv des Monats: Januar 2026

I just learned that Mick Jagger wrote Sympathy for the Devil inspired by reading Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, a copy of which he had been given by Marianne Faithfull.

Berliner Zeitung: Kotau vor Trump: Merz will Grönland nun gegen Russland verteidigen Der Bundeskanzler sieht Russland als die größte Gefahr für die Welt. Mit einer interessanten Volte unterwarf sich der Kanzler dem amerikanischen Präsidenten. The Russians are coming. No matter … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Britain will not join Donald Trump’s “board of peace” on Thursday, Yvette Cooper has said, citing concerns about Russian involvement. The foreign secretary said the UK strongly supported the US president’s 20-point plan for peace in Gaza as he seeks to … Weiterlesen →

Far from destroying the legacies of Yeltsin’s neoliberal restructuring, Putin in many crucial ways preserved and extended them. There are, to be sure, differences between the style and temperament of the two leaders, but there has been no fundamental change … Weiterlesen →

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos: For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called on fellow leaders to activate the EU’s powerful anti-coercion instrument – commonly known as the “big bazooka” – if Trump went ahead with his tariff threats, French media reported, citing his team. After the … Weiterlesen →