Taiwan has become the world’s example of how an economy can boom while many people feel left behind

Silicon Island’s Boom: When the Economy Grows Faster Than Salaries
Taiwan has become the world’s clearest example of how an economy can boom while many people feel left behind. Under constant military pressure from China and amid trade tensions with the United States, the island has still been posting spectacular numbers. GDP has grown around 8% for two quarters in a row, and overall growth is expected to reach about 7.4% in 2025 – even faster than China.

The engine is obvious: high tech.
Taiwan’s factories build the chips and servers that power today’s artificial intelligence revolution. Its champion, TSMC, supplies giants like Nvidia and AMD and has lifted its own revenue forecast into the mid-30% range. Exports have exploded – up more than a third this year, with shipments to the US jumping over 60% as American tech companies race to build AI data centres. Taiwan’s stock market has surged into the world’s top ten on this wave of AI enthusiasm.
But this success story has a shadow. A rich economy, ordinary pay.

4 years of full-scale war: Can Ukraine Legally Reclaim Its Nuclear Status?

In debates about Ukraine’s future, one question keeps resurfacing, quietly at first and then ever louder: could Ukraine ever re-enter the nuclear club? After the collapse of the security assurances that once underpinned its denuclearisation, the issue is no longer confined to fringe commentary. 

 

It now sits at the intersection of law and survival, of the NPT’s rules and a state’s right to exist. This article asks the hardest version of the question: can Ukraine legally reclaim a nuclear status, and what would such a decision mean for the world that once persuaded it to disarm?

Ukraine’s nuclear knot: how the 1990–1994 package built an architecture that broke in 2014 and 2022

1) The inheritance moment: a vast arsenal without a sovereign nuclear status

After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine found itself hosting one of the largest nuclear arsenals in Europe. In practice, this was an unprecedented status: warheads were on Ukrainian territory, but command-and-control, permissive action links, and much of the operational chain remained embedded in Soviet, then Russian, systems.

That starting point matters. Ukraine’s decisions in 1990–1994 were not made in a moral vacuum. They were made under hard power realities and intense external pressure to preserve the global non-proliferation regime.

The Demilitarisation of Transnistria: International Law, Ukrainian Strategic Necessity, and Moldovan Sovereignty

A Frozen Conflict in a Hot War

The Transnistrian region, a narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border, has functioned as a "frozen conflict" zone since 1992. However, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has fundamentally altered the geopolitical calculus. What was once a local diplomatic dispute is now a critical security threat to Southern Ukraine and the stability of South-Eastern Europe.

From the perspective of international law and the sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova, the potential for Ukrainian involvement in the demilitarisation of this region is not merely a military hypothetical, but a legally grounded pathway to regional stability.

1. The Legal Foundation: Sovereignty as an Absolute

The primary pillar of any analysis regarding Transnistria is the status of the territory under international law. The so-called "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" (PMR) is a legal nullity.

The 20th Anniversary Ranking TOP 100 SUCCESSFUL WOMEN 2026

On March 3, 2026, a truly historic event took place — the 20th Anniversary National Ranking TOP 100 SUCCESSFUL WOMEN 2026, a project that has become a symbol of public recognition of women’s achievements, the strength of female leadership, and deep respect for women’s contribution to the economy, culture, education, civil society, and international cooperation. Public materials from the World Woman ecosystem show that the anniversary year 2026 has also been marked as the club’s 20th jubilee and as a new stage in the global expansion of women-recognition projects.

This ranking was launched 20 years ago by the legendary Mediaholding 100% and World Woman Magazine under the leadership of the renowned entrepreneur, innovator, and international women’s leader Olga Azarova. From the very beginning, the mission was clear and visionary: to officially recognize women’s achievements, publicly honor their work, leadership, courage, professionalism, and impact, and to create a culture in which women’s contributions would no longer remain invisible. Public profiles and media pages connected with the ecosystem explicitly link Olga Azarova with Mediaholding 100%, World Woman Magazine, and the development of international women’s platforms.

Munich 2026: Zelensky’s “Munich 1938” Warning to Europe

Standing at the podium of the Munich Security Conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t in “please help us” mode this time. His message was closer to an alarm bell: Europe is drifting toward a familiar historical trap—one that once carried the name “Munich.”

Not as a metaphor for a textbook. As a warning for the present.

“Don’t repeat 1938—don’t trade security for an illusion”

Zelensky drew a straight line to the logic of the Munich Agreement: the idea that sacrificing someone else’s sovereignty can buy peace. In 1938, it was Czechoslovakia. Today, he argued, it would be Ukraine.

His blunt formulation (reported widely) was that it would be an illusion to think the war can be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine—just as it was an illusion to believe sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war.

He wasn’t just invoking history for effect. He was saying: this is the decision-point again.

And then came the hardest part of his framing: time does not pause for hesitation. In war, war itself “owns time.” While allies debate, Russia adapts.

The numbers that strip away wishful thinking

European Business Mission 2026 in Munich

European Business Mission 2026

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This exclusive one-day event will take place on March 25, 2026, in the heart of Bavaria’s capital — Munich, one of Europe’s most innovative business hubs. The mission is organised as part of the EUROPEAN BUSINESS WEEK 2026, and is supported by:

• Global Business Week
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• European Association for Business Development
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