Madam, Reflecting on your recent subscriber event to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the comfort of my peaceful living room in sunny Madrid, I’m wondering if here in my neighborhood anybody feels that we’re actually at war. I doubt so. Yes, there are no tanks on the streets, noContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your subscriber event “Ukraine at war: two years on”, February 24, 2024”
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A letter to The Economist: on migration, March 16, 2023
Madam, Without referring to any specific article in the Economist, I was curious if you might shed some light on the topics of emigration, migration and immigration, legal or illegal, in Europe and beyond. In the past two weeks news of migrant boats in Europe again made the news, one with a terrible loss ofContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: on migration, March 16, 2023”
A letter to The Economist: Your article “Olaf Scholz’s dithering is damaging Germany’s international image – Especially in eastern Europe”, May 31, 2022
Sir, In the fog of war in Ukraine, it’s sometimes not easy to see what is news and what isn’t. All kinds of true or fake facts, grand declarations and hot air fly over the mediatic battlefield. As far as I can read there simply are no heavy German weapons in Ukraine after over 100ContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your article “Olaf Scholz’s dithering is damaging Germany’s international image – Especially in eastern Europe”, May 31, 2022″
A letter to The Economist: Your article “Io, Robot – Italy’s digitisation minister has big goals and a big budget”, March 26, 2022
Sir, Your article describes the misery of tech in Italy by looking at the wrong people – politicians and corporations. Successful tech countries like the US teach us that neither of the two has any part in creating a tech culture that promotes digitalisation. You need startups that become unicorns by delivering great user experiencesContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your article “Io, Robot – Italy’s digitisation minister has big goals and a big budget”, March 26, 2022″
A letter to The Economist: Your article “Russia and NATO – How to talk to Mr Putin”, Jan 8, 2022
Sir, When pondering how to handle Russia, a little review of the past might help give some guidance. Throughout its history, Russia has been a great European nation. It has contributed to the spread of European culture as far as Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and Central Asia, participated in most great European upheavals of theContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your article “Russia and NATO – How to talk to Mr Putin”, Jan 8, 2022”
