On the night of February 23rd to 24th, 2022, everything seemed to be going as Putin had planned. At the same time, the course of events was the nightmare of Halford Mackinder’s worst dreams...

The battlefield for superiority has always been value chains and the resulting global division of labour. They determine new technology and investment cycles...

For centuries, the World Ocean has successfully held back continental powers and dictated the rules on which the world trading system should operate...