Markus Heinrich

1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

Even before he made it to the stage of the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his family had a very carefully choreographed exit from his government airplane at Munich Airport.   The way in which his wife Usha walked down the mobile stairs from the airplane with her three children, one in her arm, all in a little dark coat, was an early sign of what, in the Vances’ mind, lies ahead for the world. Another global “it” couple?

1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

Donald Trump and Elon Musk clearly form the world’s most inflammatory mutual admiration society. The current U.S. president feels a particular emotional bond. In his recent speech before Congress, he professed in reference to Elon Musk that “he doesn’t need to do this, he doesn’t need to do this.” It was as if Trump was also sending a message to himself that he too didn’t need to shoulder the burden of taking on the U.S. presidency.

1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Stephan Richter |Markus Heinrich

Many Europeans currently feel very frustrated and indeed discouraged by what they rightly perceive as a fundamental betrayal by Donald Trump. But there is one man in Paris who definitely sees things very differently. Remember all the occasions when Emmanuel Macron, the French President, called for Europe’s strategic autonomy? Just a lofty vision?

1 month ago | theglobalist.com | Denis MacShane |Markus Heinrich

The German election outcome is being reported by the BBC, FT and other establishment media as a “lurch to the right.” It has never been clear what a “lurch” actually means in the lexicon of political clichés. However, those in Britain or J.D. Vance and Elon Musk in the United States who went out of their way to endorse the AfD surely are disappointed. Germans say “Nein Danke” More than 4 out of 5 German said “Nein Danke” to the AfD offer.

2 months ago | theglobalist.com | Ezgi Basaran |Markus Heinrich

Yes, they call him Abu Ivanka. Father of Ivanka. Ivanka Trump. That’s how commentators and policymakers in the Gulf States refer to the president-elect, Donald Trump. And while Europeans fret over the days ahead, Gulf States and Israel are quietly celebrating Trump’s return to power. Why? Because they have learned the art of transacting with a man who stands for no principle, lacks coherence and displays no consistency.