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War in Europe

Our worst nightmare

Qaiser, JamalWalther, HorstDripke, AndreasNguyen, Hang

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Europe has become the battlefield of a merciless proxy war between the superpowers. The war erupted in 2022, but it has been in the offing for more than two decades. In the wake of the Cold War, Western Europe sought to achieve a peace process in Eastern Europe. The Federal Republic of Germany's Ostpolitik (German policy towards Eastern Europe) is an example of this. Russia became a partner, almost even a friend. However, at the same time, NATO, under US leadership, expanded further and further east. This development brought the peace process to a standstill and eventually reversed it. Today, Russia and the USA are irreconcilably opposed to each other in Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in spring 2022 has made any peaceful agreement between Europe and Russia impossible for the foreseeable future. Europe is committed to the USA and not only vis-à-vis Russia. For according to the will of the USA, this front is also to be positioned vis-à-vis the People's Republic of China. This fatal development is critically connected to the fact that Europe has not succeeded in creating an independent and autonomous position for itself in world politics. The "Old Continent" has become dependent on the USA, Russia and China, from which there seems to be no escape. Europe has become the pawn of the superpowers. The battle for Europe has begun.

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Qaiser, JamalWalther, HorstDripke, AndreasNguyen, Hang

Jamal A. Qaiser is an internationally committed peace activist, book author ("How to avoid World War III") and peace consultant. After his family fled Pakistan due to political and religious persecution, he went on to have a distinguished academic and business career before making the preservation of peace in the world the main focus of his life. Jamal A. Qaiser studied Advance Management Diploma (Post-Graduation) at the Globe Business College in Munich. He later completed the Transition to Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford Said Business School. He successfully completed his OPM studies at the renowned Harvard Business School in 2016. At the same time, he developed in business from a youthful market trader to a global investor. As CEO of his own private equity company, he primarily supports start-up companies with a sustainable business model in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In 2016, he published his first book, "Der fremde Erfolgsfaktor", for which he won the getAbstract International Book Award out of 10,000 contestants. In 2018, his book "My nuclear Button is bigger - America vs. North Korea" was published in 2018, "Simmering Kashmir" in 2020, "How to avoid World War III - Thinking the Unthinkable" and finally "Afghanistan - The Battered Land", "The Western Fiasco: Failure in Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine", "When China and Russia join forces". in 2022 as well as the present work "War in Europe". In all his works, he seeks and finds answers to the question of how crises can be solved and wars avoided. Moreover, Jamal A. Qaiser provides his expertise as a much sought-after consultant to governments, peace and human rights organisations, political parties and companies with a clear ethical compass.