- The Cold War only ends with NATO’s defeat in the Hindu KushI have always loved Afghanistan and the friendliness and hospitality of its people. I experienced Afghans not as extremists but as an extraordinarily proud, sincere and honest people who are scraping a living out… Read more: The Cold War only ends with NATO’s defeat in the Hindu Kush<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush/">English</a></div>
- Afghanistan und die Verdrängung einer schweren VerantwortungNach 20 Jahren Krieg zieht die NATO fast fluchtartig aus Afghanistan ab; die letzten Bundeswehrsoldaten haben Afghanistan bereits verlassen. Dabei war man einst mit hochtrabenden Zielen ausgezogen, um am Hindu Kusch die Demokratie zu… Read more: Afghanistan und die Verdrängung einer schweren Verantwortung<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/afghanistan-und-die-verdrangung-einer-schweren-verantwortung/">Deutsch</a></div>
- A bit more about that Afghanistan population problemDavid Archibald, writing in American Thinker last week, has an interesting analysis of population growth and the dependence on wheat imports in Afghanistan. I thank him for this analysis. Let me add an observation… Read more: A bit more about that Afghanistan population problem<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/afghanistan-population-problem/">English</a></div>
- Gescheiterter Westen – Afghanistan ist ein ScherbenhaufenWährend die Welt im Bann der Corona-Pandemie steht und man darüber spekuliert, wie diese sich auf die Globalisierung und das Kräfteverhältnis unter den Grossmächten auswirken wird, könnte der bevorstehende Abzug der Nato aus Afghanistan,… Read more: Gescheiterter Westen – Afghanistan ist ein Scherbenhaufen<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/afghanistan-ist-ein-scherbenhaufen/">Deutsch</a></div>
- Afghanistan: Ein Ende mit SchreckenWährend die Welt im Bann einer dramatischen Corona-Pandemie steht und dies Fragen zur Globalisierung aufwirft, könnte, obwohl kaum beachtet, der bevorstehende Abzug der NATO aus Afghanistan unsere Welt geopolitisch noch tiefgreifender verändern. Es ist… Read more: Afghanistan: Ein Ende mit Schrecken<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/afghanistan-ende-mit-schrecken/">Deutsch</a></div>
- Afghanistan: Peace In A GlasshouseThe Emergency Loya Jirga is over. Given circumstances it was no doubt a success. It took place at the time foreseen in the Bonn Agreement; it brought together in apparent harmony the various ethnic… Read more: Afghanistan: Peace In A Glasshouse<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/afghanistan-peace-in-a-glasshouse/">English</a></div>
- Foreign Troops And Peace In AfghanistanThe President of the Interim Administration for Afghanistan has recently made great efforts to convince the international community to increase the deployment of foreign troops in his country. In doing so, he responded to… Read more: Foreign Troops And Peace In Afghanistan<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/foreign-troops-and-peace-in-afghanistan/">English</a></div>
- Fighting Terrorism In Afghanistan And Milton Friedman’s AirplaneAll wars are fought with money. If one wants to know who wins and who looses, simply watch the money markets: the money of the winner wins while the money of the looser loses… Read more: Fighting Terrorism In Afghanistan And Milton Friedman’s Airplane<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 1.0rem;"><a href="https://michael-von-der-schulenburg.com/fighting-terrorism-in-afghanistan-and-milton-friedmans-airplane/">English</a></div>
Michael von der Schulenburg escaped the German Democratic Republic, studied in Berlin, London and Paris and worked for the United Nations, and shortly the OSCE, including as UN Assistant Secretary-General, in many of the world’s trouble spots, such as in Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, the Balkan, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Sahel.
My Book: On Building Peace
