Peter Scholl-Latour, the master of journalistic reporting, provided the title for this book about ten years ago. The active, cosmopolitan reporter with a clear analytical perspective has long since passed away, but the era he described has not yet ended. On the contrary. Ramon Schack engaged in conversations with Scholl-Latour at that time and learned a great deal from him. Above all, he learned that to understand the world, one must know it, have seen it, and spoken with its people. This is the essence of enlightening journalism. Nowadays, opinion makers typically form their prejudices based on the views of others. They are familiar with the World Wide Web and believe it to be the world. It is no longer common to research on-site and describe what is happening there. Schack, however, does just that. The reports collected here from all continents reveal, on one hand, how our continent Europe is perceived there. On the other hand, the West has left behind both material and moral ruins in many places during its missionary efforts. As a result, its economic and lifestyle model is becoming increasingly unappealing to many countries. They are searching for new paths and are not just leaving Europe behind. Schack has observed them in this process.