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Die Krux mit der Viertagewoche
Kürzere Arbeitszeiten bringen viele Vorteile, aber die Umsetzung ist kompliziert Von ihrem Streit mit Hans Peter Doskozil überschattet ist die Debatte, die SPÖ-Chefin Pamela Rendi-Wagner mit ihrem Vorstoß für eine breite Einführung einer Viertagewoche losgetreten hat. Sie soll dennoch unbedingt geführt werden. Kürzere Arbeitszeiten liegen im Trend unserer Zeit und …
Read More »Vor der Herkulesreform
Moldaus pro-europäische Präsidentin hat die Wahlen gewonnen. Nun muss sie das korruptionsgebeutelte Land reformieren. Mit diesem fulminanten Ergebnis ihrer Partei für Aktion und Gerechtigkeit (PAS) von rund 52 Prozent dürfte selbst Moldaus pro-europäische Präsidentin Maia Sandu kaum gerechnet haben. Zweifellos: Das Votum ist eine klare Richtungsentscheidung für Europa und gegen …
Read More »NATO Needs to Drop the 2% of GDP Requirement
The June NATO summit has come and gone and the usual commentaries have been written, mostly celebrating the Biden administration’s recommitment to the alliance. The allies discussed yet again how to manage future threats, how to deal with China and Russia, how to develop a more effective burden-sharing approach, and …
Read More »A New U.S. Maritime Strategy
This article outlines the path that led to the U.S. Navy’s current strategic deficit and proposes a framework for a new maritime strategy, one that I believe should be immediately developed along with the corresponding force structure assessment. With a modest 5% additional investment in the Navy over the next …
Read More »Top US commander exits Afghanistan amid Taliban surge
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan handed over his command at a ceremony in the capital of Kabul on Monday, as America winds down its 20-year military presence and Taliban insurgents continue to gain territory across the country. Gen. Scott Miller transfered authority to Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head …
Read More »Will Turkey use Syrian mercenaries in Kabul?
Turkey is allegedly planning to use Syrian fighters in its proposed mission to guard and run Kabul’s airport, but this time recruitment is expected to proceed via private security firms. Turkey’s government appears to have learned little from the troubles it has faced for deploying Syrian fighters in the wars …
Read More »Bedouin Israeli millionaire charged with spying for Iran
Businessman Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, who was briefly a Knesset candidate in right-wing Telem party, accused of providing information to Iranian intelligence via a contact in Lebanon A Bedouin Israeli millionaire who briefly ran for Knesset with former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon was charged on Monday with passing information to Iranian …
Read More »Can the Afghan government draft a new constitution with the Taliban?
The country’s long journey of competing political visions begins in 1964, and right now, the future seems up for grabs. The Taliban are making rapid territorial gains in Afghanistan’s countryside while Afghan security forces coalesce around urban centers. But the only sustainable path that will bring peace is a political …
Read More »The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over
Over the last week, I have been watching the Taliban sweep across the map of northern Afghanistan, capturing places that I first visited in 2001 at the beginning of the US-backed war. Taliban fighters have seized the main bridge to Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, a river that I crossed …
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