5 weird gifts given to world leaders
Besides fancy dinners and being driven around in luxurious cars, being a world leader comes with many things. Foreign dignitaries often present each other with gifts to reinforce the already-existing…
This is how all but one wonder of the world was destroyed
“On The Seven Wonders” is a book by the Greek author and researcher Philo of Byzantium that was published in 225 BCE. This could serve as a useful guidebook to identify…
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96
On September 8, 2022, the British Royal Family announced that Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral earlier in the day. The Queen had been under medical supervision and members…
This the first time people circumvented the globe by air, land and sea
Circumnavigation is an entire voyage around a whole continent, island or any astronomical body like a moon or a plane. Plenty of people have traveled to many countries globally, if…
Exclusive interview with new film ‘It’s VUCA’ star Mike Schindler
The film “It’s VUCA” features historic footage and present-day interviews with the world’s greatest VUCA experts including generals, elite Navy SEALs, Futurists, Blue Angels and best-selling authors. It is based…
Top 5 world leaders whose beliefs led to their assassinations
Leaders are obligated to take care of those under their rule out of necessity. However, some political decisions and polices have led to their early fall. Whereas the logic and…
France’s first WWII attack was a massive Nazi trap
Germany lacked many of the natural resources necessary to make war in the 20th Century and knew that it had to rack up victories and seize materiel early in World War II to be successful, and that’s why it was so great for its forces when France ma…
Why Russia could not invade Sweden even if Sweden is not in NATO
Sweden might face some opposition to its NATO membership from Turkey, but Turkey would be smart to realize that Sweden has Russia’s number in almost any circumstance. It’s not just…
President Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to supply Ukraine
On May 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022. The historic bill was driven by Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and fast-tracked by…
5 major hotspots that are going to be a headache for the US in 2022
The war in Afghanistan may be over, but the troubles for the U.S. military, its diplomats and the American government are far from finished. The world in 2022 is a…