
Ralph Schoellhammer
@raphfel
Lecturer, Commentator, Podcaster
Head of Center for Applied History @MCC_Budapest
Columnist @Brusselssignal
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COMMENT: International law only works when the strong enforce it or find it in their interest to obey it. Otherwise, it's the Melian Dialogue all over again: the powerful do what they can, the weak suffer what they must, writes Ralph Schoellhammer. brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/intern…

"How many Ukrainians were saved by international law? How many Jews? They faced their own Melian dialogues with their adversaries and survived only through the strength of their arms." My latest for Brussels Signal.

The West is the only civilization where the more you profit from it, the more you hate it. Oikophobia is the ultimate luxury belief. Batya Ungar-Sargon Benedict Beckeld Rob Henderson




After thanking Israel for ‘doing the West’s dirty work’, this week Friedrich Merz called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ralph Schoellhammer on the German Chancellor’s balancing act👇 buff.ly/awBPZip


After a failed mission in Gaza, a “young, angry person” now shows up in Budapest, rainbow flag flying, ready to offer unsolicited advice on how Hungarians should run their country—live from Budapest Pride. "Welcome" to 🇭🇺 Hungary, Greta Thunberg.






"To remain the global reserve currency, it merely needs to be better than the alternatives." The Dollar is far from over. My latest for UnHerd Michael Every Santiago Capital Live Monitor



COMMENT: The danger is in thinking we can engineer society by logic alone. Every attempt to do so—whether by race, class, or algorithm—ends in disaster, writes Ralph Schoellhammer. brusselssignal.eu/2025/07/we-hav…

"Modern culture shaped by the Enlightenment still clings to religious characteristics, complete with sacred symbols (lab coat), high priests (Nobel laureates and Harvard professors), and heretics (conservatives, and the traditionally religious)." My latest for Brussels Signal.