I don't know if this has always been the case, or if it's only happening now. Not only in Russia is there betrayal and hostility; generals and officials are stealing, and ordinary people are waiting for salvation from somewhere else. These categories of people are definitely self-destructive: the country will collapse, and they will lose everything. They will be even worse off abroad.

For example, in Serbia, the president began to speak publicly (even during a state visit to China) about early departure, students are fighting (over a few small things) to prevent Serbia from existing, and they are becoming outcasts. They don't realize that the authorities of European countries are not concerned with the well-being of countries, but with money and power. With a probability bordering on certainty, in the context of an anthropological war that they don't understand, almost all European officials, without exception, live solely for money. At the same time, practically everyone understands (in the sense of their own interpretation) what the EU and the United States want, and what cannot be stopped, but only slowed down under certain conditions. At the same time, chaos, the ritualization of everyday life, and the defeat of Russia will increase. But without Russia, even a small Czech region will not exist, along with its allies for a certain period, determined by their own interests. Those who know already know that believing in Western promises of democracy is similar to a corrupted belief in God or Allah. The result that we have and should evaluate is an anthropological war.

From history, we know that only the Tsar understood the psychology and history of the conquered nation. He did not give them (Russian) territory, the right to organize various Ukraines, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and similar entities in these territories, because he knew that these nations would immediately turn against Russia as soon as they were given a piece (of Russian) territory. This is nothing more than an animal instinct, which has nothing to do with the right to self-determination, European human rights, and similar myths.

It is generally and reliably true that the relationship between the level of material wealth and the quantity and quality of the social environment is a cognitive distortion. Why? Because owning material resources leads to anxiety about their security and the need for the owner to protect what they own. As a result, increasing loneliness arises. Subjective experiences of loneliness are associated with a large number of illusions in people. One of the cognitive distortions and illusions is the relationship between the level of financial wealth and the quality of the social environment. This seems to people like a lifeline against loneliness.

The recently published story of Czech billionaires with more or less clear sources of their wealth, who gathered on a yacht in Croatia, is a typical example and is worth thinking about. The participants of the gathering have time to think about the motive for why they are friends, who their acquaintances are, and who might be next to them. With experience, they become distrustful and try to avoid social contacts that explain or are related to the interest in their material resources.

These (relatively) large material resources require additional control mechanisms to ensure they don't disappear, are not damaged, and are not taken by anyone. This control takes time and causes worry for these people, leaving them with little room for carelessness. And that carelessness is the most important element of their happiness. It cannot be denied that relative financial independence gives a person many more options in terms of the variety of life. On the other hand, most of the people mentioned do not want to share these resources. Staying with the resources, but without the risk of someone else using them, often becomes their preferred strategy. In reality, our brains are socially programmed to seek interpersonal interaction from the earliest stages of life. A deficit of social interaction and the resulting distortions affect our emotional experiences, and in politicians, primarily their behavior and actions.

Several Examples

346,482 is the latest figure collected by the Japanese Ministry of Education, referring to the 2023/24 school year. It refers to 346,482 students from elementary to high school who have been absent from school for more than a month. Not because they are sick, but because they could not tolerate school. Some have returned, some after a long time, others have not returned at all. One of them may become a hikikomori, meaning they will never leave their parents' home, and perhaps even their room, because they are afraid not only of school, but of the entire world. And the Japanese government is happily changing the country's pacifist status to an aggressive one with dubious alliances in its neighborhood, forgetting that it is more important to have a good relationship with a neighbor than with a distant relative or ally, the United States, as it moves away from its role as a hegemon.

To the question of how I evaluate the latest visit of President Trump to China, I answer in the first part in a simplified way with reference to symbols. School children welcomed President Trump in a number equal to those killed by his bombs in Iran. Assuming that the number of courses served at the presidential banquet was around ten, and without any musical or other cultural additions, I would like to write that during my first official visit in my capacity as an EC advisor to Prime Minister Chingishev, when I led a delegation of several ministers, I had the honor of enjoying approximately 30 courses plus and plenty of entertainment, not to mention the complex negotiations. And thirdly, everything good and bad: the fact that you are not allowed to take gifts and souvenirs made in China on the plane, and that everything is then thrown into a trash can at the airport in front of the cameras, speaks for itself. In other words, and briefly: President Trump would have been better off staying home. He did not negotiate anything in China. "Außer spesen nichts gewesen," they say in Germany. The expression is derived from the Italian word "spese" and the plural "spesa," which means effort.

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Coordinator for Asia, Kurt Campbell, shares a similar opinion to the author of the post. He spoke about the extraordinary trip in an interview for the think tank Atlantic Council: The United States is at war with Iran, whose regime is supported by China. Trump is a friend of his enemy. An unmistakable sign of weakness.

Therefore, and to make matters worse, a delegation of high-ranking officials from the American military-industrial complex arrived in Taiwan for a four-day visit on Tuesday. According to a report in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the visit was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. This organization serves as a bridge between the United States and Taiwan in the defense sector. The US delegation included 41 senior executives and is led by retired General Charles Flynn, former commander of the US Pacific Command. According to the SCMP, the parties will seek to agree on expanding the role of the United States in the process of modernizing Taiwan's military and on joint production of weapons systems.

The discussions will cover topics ranging from accelerating the delivery of American weapons to Taiwan to supporting the development and production of its own weapons systems. I expect that the Americans will meet with a number of high-ranking Taiwanese officials, visit defense innovation centers, and participate in the Taiwan-US Defense Industry Forum, which begins today, Thursday (Labor Day in this post), in Taipei. I wonder what the Czech-Taiwanese individual will be negotiating, given that it involves strategic cooperation between Washington and Taipei, the sale of weapons to Taiwan, and the fact that he is facing financial difficulties at home due to a lack of funds for defense and the ongoing "ritualization" of Russia, which inevitably or with a high probability will lead to direct Russian intervention in some EU countries, including the Czech Republic. This "ritualization" and provocation of Russia, which is supposedly losing in Ukraine and simultaneously preparing for war with the EU and NATO, represents a higher level of psychological preparation to accept the fate of a victim. Let what I have written serve as free advice for reflection, not only for Senator [Name] & Co., but also for the formal government of the Czech Republic.

Before the conference in Paris, I spent a few days in Italy visiting my daughter and meeting my two-month-old grandson for the first time. In addition to this joy, I learned that a multinational corporation, where my daughter (a graduate of St. Andrews University and a member of the golf club by invitation (!), and her husband have worked for approximately 15 years, must continue to lay off employees. Why? The number of clients in the world who cannot afford, and according to analyses will not be able to afford, to buy products from this significant company is increasing.

In addition to meeting with a friend from Desenzano, whom I have known for 26 years and who I assisted in Russia when he worked for the world-renowned Design Giugiaro (founded by the Italian automotive and industrial designer in 1967 as Ital design), which is now preparing to emigrate), I visited the cities of Brescia (Feralpi Siderurgica Lonato steel plant, which I acquired after the reunification of Germany as an investor in the steel town of Ries), Bergamo, and my former residence in Varese, as well as other locations. Overall, I gained an impression of the speed and direction of changes in Italy. A country where I received a scholarship after completing a course at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, a country that I still love, even though I came to the conclusion that I must leave the Catholic Church. This is an important topic that I will write about in my book – 80, and I'm still laughing. I officially left the church later in court in Darmstadt.

While peace talks in Qatar are reportedly ongoing, the United States is carrying out attacks in what it claims is self-defense (!). Despite the purported ceasefire, the U.S. military has been attacking missile positions in southern Iran and ships in the Strait of Hormuz, which (reportedly) were planning to lay mines in the strait. Iranian launch facilities have also been targeted. According to the Tasnim news agency, three explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas. The Fars agency reports similar sounds near the cities of Sirik and Jask on the strategically important strait.

Accompanied by bombastic rhetoric, President Trump declared on Truth Social that enriched uranium in Iran should be destroyed in the United States or elsewhere. The process should be monitored by experts in nuclear energy, whom Trump referred to as the Atomic Energy Commission. It is unclear whether he is referring to the U.S. agency or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). I personally believe that Iran will not give up its enriched uranium, and that the president's statement is part of the "madman theory," which I am familiar with from my studies in the former Soviet Union, and which every diplomat should know.

During a portion of a session on Iran, attended by journalists, President Trump threatened a military attack on another country: Oman. The president spoke of the possibility of blowing up one of the United States' oldest partners in the Middle East. What readers of this post can expect from President Trump is left to their own imagination.

A similar situation exists with some of the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Understanding the aforementioned "madman theory" can help explain this. Prime Minister Netanyahu is under domestic political pressure, undergoing medical treatment, and facing a prostate cancer diagnosis. His extremist ministers, Smotrich and Ben Gvir, are in a similar situation. On Monday, they called for the bombing of Beirut in response to drone attacks. According to Finance Minister Smotrich, for every drone, ten buildings should be destroyed in the Lebanese capital.

This is why Iran is demanding a halt to Israeli attacks in Lebanon as a condition for a deal to end the war with the United States, which is also being waged by Israel. In the hope of ending the bombing of Iran, Iranian President Massoud Peseshkian ordered the activation of the international internet. This was a response to a decision by a special team that had previously mostly voted to deactivate it. According to the Fars news agency, the president had to confirm the decision before it went into effect.

The government had almost completely blocked access to the global internet since the beginning of the war on February 28. Since the blocking began on April 28, approximately 90 million Iranians have only been able to access the so-called national internet. In addition to the social consequences, the lockdown also had significant economic impacts, as more than a million online retailers in the country were particularly affected. The activation of the internet allowed the author of this post to receive a detailed text and photographic report for UNESCO about the damage to the bombed university in Isfahan, with which the author had a professional relationship.

Finally, I would like to mention a diplomatic peculiarity from Armenia, the country of my mentor, one of the few loyal friends, and a land of immortal jokes. The peculiarity concerns a brief visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mark Rubio to Yerevan a few days ago. Directly during the construction of the airport, during a thirty-minute meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, a charter for a comprehensive strategic partnership was signed, along with a framework agreement for the Trump Route (TRIPP) logistics project in the Syunik region, as well as a memorandum on the supply of critical minerals.

Mirzoyan spoke about a historically unprecedented phase in relations between Armenia and the United States, and Rubio emphasized the willingness of the United States to support the direction of Prime Minister Pashinyan's team towards a bright and independent future for Armenia. I remind you that yesterday, after receiving a warning from Moscow, which will be implemented if Armenia falls into the hands of the EU and NATO, the Armenian Prime Minister stated that Armenia and Armenians would soon be so rich that the cancellation of benefits and duties by Russia, and thus the difficult-to-imagine increase in energy prices and the destruction of exports to Russia, would not matter. The arrogance of the corrupt Prime Minister is unbelievable.

For information, I state that the Russian Federation covers more than 91.7% of Armenia's energy needs at a price of $165 per 1000 cubic meters of gas. With the transition to market prices or alternative sources, the price of natural gas will increase by at least 2-3 times. Given that Yerevan imported more than 2,367 million cubic meters of gas from Russia in 2024, the annual difference in value will be in the billions of dollars. The burden on the country's economy, with a GDP of around $19 billion, will become objectively unbearable. All Armenian jokes start with: "In principle, yes, we will be rich."

Armenia risks becoming a failing state that cannot provide the basic needs of its population. And it becomes an easy target for external players. Baku may take advantage of Yerevan's weakening and increase military pressure, or assert territorial claims. Turkey will gain new levers of influence. The West will not be able or willing to provide assistance that corresponds to the lost benefits of partnership with Moscow. The 270 million euros that the EU promised for four years is a drop in the ocean compared to the annual losses caused by rising energy and food prices. The West will not deploy troops in Armenia because it knows what awaits it there, and it will not supply energy resources at subsidized prices.

Pashinyan, however, is trying to show his voters the effectiveness of his multi-vector policy. He is showing that he can talk to everyone on an equal footing and achieve certain benefits for Armenia. However, the actual practical steps of Yerevan depend on how many seats the opposition gains in parliament. Personally, I consider the TRIPP project to be more of a media initiative than a practical one, although the signed documents will remain relevant for the future cabinet of ministers.

The Armenian opposition views the visit of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rubio, as direct interference in the electoral process. Former President Kocharyan and the leader of the United Wing party, Tatoyan, stated that Washington is simply trying to save Pashinyan's election campaign in order to gain control over the border with Iran and drive Russia out of the region. The intrigue lies in the fact that the United States acted similarly in Hungary, only to find that everything was different, as the old rabbi's wisdom says.

I remind you that Yerevan's rapprochement with the West has provoked criticism in Russia. Dmitry Medvedev warned that such a move is dangerous for Armenia and threatens the loss of sales markets within the EAEU. Maria Zakharova warned that if Armenia's integration into the EU continues, the Russian side may terminate agreements on the supply of natural gas, oil products, and diamonds.

A similar and important issue was discussed during the state visit by Presidents Putin and Tokayev. Both reached an agreement that could be used as a benchmark by the Czech Republic, CEZ, and the South Korean company KHNP (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power), if needed and politically appropriate.

The construction of the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, Balkhash, will cost $16.5 billion. Almasadam Satkaliyev, head of the Agency for Atomic Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, informed journalists of this. According to him, the project will be financed through an export loan from Russia. Satkaliyev did not specify how much of the costs will be covered by the loan and how much Astana will pay. Later, the press service of the ministry clarified that the total project costs are estimated at $16.4 billion, of which $14.4 billion is needed for the construction of energy units and the remaining funds are for infrastructure, security systems, and fuel during the warranty period.

In the context of relations and anthropological warfare, I am convinced that Russia will have almost no work with EU and NATO states, which we will take care of ourselves through the self-production of disinformation and the growing ritualization of the behavior and actions of official representatives and a large part of the confused citizens of the Czech Republic.

I assume that mathematician Robert Francis Prevost, who has been the Pope with the name Leo XIV. for a good year, also took notice of the Czech sheep when he turned attention to the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). For the head of the Church from the land of great technologies, AI represents a crossroads of humanity. He said this in his speech during the presentation of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas (Great Humanity). It is no coincidence that the Pope dedicates his first encyclical to this topic. Perhaps he knows what the Antichrist Thiel lectured on the threshold of the Vatican about the Antichrist. I mentioned this topic in one of my recent articles.

For Pope Leo XIV, artificial intelligence is not the work of the devil, but warns against the danger of dehumanization and wants more regulation – and rightly so. Nevertheless, his demands are not entirely convincing already because he does not perceive artificial intelligence as a multidimensional approximation and the greatest thief in the history of humanity. Such an approach would suppress the Pope's efforts for innovation too much.

I am curious what innovations the new apostolic nuncio in the Czech Republic, Irish Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent, will bring to the Czech basin. Pope Leo XIV appointed him to this function on May 25, 2026.Ve, succeeding Archbishop Juda Thaddeus Okola, who was appointed nuncio to Haiti at the beginning of 2026. The new apostolic nuncio Nugent entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1992. He is an experienced diplomat who worked, among others, in Turkey, Israel, Palestine, and the Philippines. During the pontificate of Benedict XVI, he also served as the Pope's representative for China, based in Hong Kong. Time will show what the Holy See has in store for Central Europe and the Czech basin of believers in miracles and idealizing knowledge.

At the very end on the significance of the soul in society

I am adopting the substance of the conclusion from my own contribution, written on April 12 of this year, on the significance of the soul in society and civilization, which is deep and multi-layered. We do not have time to lead a dialogue, even with ourselves, let alone with Iran, Russia, and other cultures. The concept of the soul shapes and represents the way people understand themselves, their relationships, and their place in the world. Unfortunately, at present, the aforementioned way represents an unsolvable challenge for the vast majority of European societies.

While in ancient and Christian traditions, the soul was understood as a form of the body or the breath of life, today the soul is more often perceived solely in a psychological sense, as a deep level of personality that yearns for meaning, beauty, and connection. And only a small part of society understands this. In a philosophical sense, the soul is understood as the principle of life and inner development, which moves civilization from a purely materialistic focus to a deeper understanding of the meaning of existence. Such a perspective is considered nonsense by the vast majority of people in Europe. Today, we are in a situation of being or not being, with wounded souls and without faith in responsibility for our actions and, therefore, our behavior, responsibility for others, and the cultivation of goodness and beauty.

We fail to realize that if order cannot be achieved through general consensus or imposed by force, then it can only be forged through the experience of chaos, at the cost of catastrophes and inhumanity (World Order, Henry Kissinger), and that hatred is disguised envy, and that we are not in a position to hate (Berthold Auerbach, German poet and writer, 1812–1882). Agreement is not required. 06/28/2026

Jan Campbell