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Comments written by Prince Michael of Liechtenstein himself provide an informed viewpoint on crucial geopolitical issues. Sometimes challenging and always thought-provoking, these brief commentaries take a stance that stimulate debate.

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Palm oil, Russian fighters and the European Parliament

Plantation workers load harvested palm fruit onto a tractor trailer

15.08.2017

Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter of palm oil, has been clearing significant areas of its tropical forests to make room for palm plantations. The EU is alarmed and wants to discourage the policy by reducing palm oil imports. This counterproductive approach to preventing tropical deforestation already has backfired.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

Protectionism undermines European principles

French President Emmanuel Macron greets workers at the shipyard of Saint-Nazaire

08.08.2017

Emmanuel Macron came to office promising to liberalize the French economy and reduce the role of the state. But his government is already turning protectionist, threatening to “temporarily nationalize” a shipyard. The move undermines European and liberal principles.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

From the Yellow Sea to the Baltic

Chinese missile destroyer exercises off Kaliningrad

01.08.2017

The Baltic Sea is an unlikely place to find Chinese warships. Their presence at joint naval exercises with the Russian navy went well beyond showing the flag.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

Tale of two presidents: Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron

Cavalry march in the Bastille Day parade

25.07.2017

French President Emmanuel Macron played his cards shrewdly in inviting his U.S counterpart, Donald Trump, to Paris for this year's Bastille Day celebrations. Beneath their obvious differences, the two men share some unlikely affinities.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

Crusade for total control

Customer at a coffee house in Canada where bitcoins are accepted for payment

18.07.2017

The campaign in many countries against cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin is part of a larger government quest for citizen control. Oversized transaction and compliance systems, ostensibly imposed on financial institutions to help fight the gray economy and terrorism, are in fact control tools, used both by democratic and authoritarian governments. At the end of this road is socialization of all property.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

European Union must define its spheres of influence

Foreign ministers of Germany and Saudi Arabia at Jeddah airport

14.07.2017

The EU is a mature, powerful bloc of nations that has vital interests outside its borders, especially in the Mediterranean and Baltic regions, in the Middle East and Africa. Unless the bloc drops its pretense of inwardness and moves to define, articulate and defend its spheres of influence, the multiple strategic challenges that have been dogging Europe are bound to become insurmountable.

Bernard Siman

ECONOMY

Self-destruction by arrogance and hypocrisy

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Ankara

11.07.2017

Turkey-bashing remains a favorite sport in the European Union, as shown by the two latest resolutions approved by the European Parliament on July 6. For short-term gain, politicians are needlessly alienating the EU's most important strategic partner to the south and east.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

India and U.S. both look to contain China

Prime Minister Modi and President Trump talk in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 26, 2017

04.07.2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have plenty in common – the most important of which is a desire to counter Beijing’s rising influence. With that in mind, Washington could support Indian policy in Southeast Asia and help New Delhi build its role as a maritime power.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

Helmut Kohl and the European ideal

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Jacques Chirac

27.06.2017

If the European Union wants to survive and thrive, it should pay attention to the legacy of Dr. Helmut Kohl. The former German Chancellor, who died last week, belongs to a line of giants including Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. What they understood is what today's European leaders are getting wrong.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

The conflict over Qatar adds to Middle East quagmire

U.S. and Qatari naval officers onboard a patrol vessel

20.06.2017

Aside the war in Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula has been a relatively calm part of the Middle East. A sharp conflict over Qatar’s alleged sponsorship of terrorism threatens to add it to the long list of dangerously unstable countries in North Africa, Sahel zone, Horn of Africa and the Middle East. Europe and the United States have big stakes in avoiding this scenario.

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

ECONOMY

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