Editorial

Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn pointed out earlier this week that wars should not be waged during the Olympic Games. He referred to a United Nations resolution. „I believe that gives everyone time to think about war and peace and then make the right decision,“ Asselborn said. A notion that also suits Xi Jinping at the moment. Nothing would be more inconvenient for him than a war in Eastern Europe overshadowing his Games. But will Vladimir Putin play along?