Thierry Breton has big plans for the future of European defence policy. Ideally, he would become Commissioner in a new defence portfolio to be created by Ursula von der Leyen after the elections

The motto of the security conference "Peace through dialogue" is a contradiction in terms: anyone who issues an international warrant against the President of the Russian Federation and does not invite any representatives does not want dialogue!

A continued debate on denazification always focuses on the past, blunts the mind and makes people unaware of the new, imminent dangers.

There is a gold-rush atmosphere - especially among those companies that are supposed to "rebuild" Ukraine. This includes the arms and technology industry, such as the Rheinmetall corporation.

Throwing neutral status overboard simply because of an "occasion" that affects third parties, moreover, is not a good solution. Rather, it would be essential to develop new concepts of neutrality on an international stage.

Howitzers are rolling through militarily neutral Austria without state permission. NATO member Hungary has apparently refused these very transports.

With funds from the European Peace Facility, the European Union now plans to procure munition for Ukraine.The EU is once again contradicting itself as a "peace project". It is high time to invest these billions in diplomatic negotiations.

Among the many negative developments we have seen recently in Munich, the crisis of diplomacy is evident. Diplomatic meetings have the character of elitist private clubs and are held in parallel with international organisations.

Under the pretext of international law or the breach of rule of law principles, international courts are also abused for their own economic and political purposes. This is particularly evident in the behaviour of neutral states like Austria.

The Russian philosopher Yuri Alexandrovich Kovalev outlines the idea of a "continental union": The way to a society oriented towards the common good is through the model of the social market economy - and the Russian experiences of social transformation.