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Dec 23, 2024
They are supposed to be geopolitical arch-rivals. They are also historical opponents. And especially during the last years they have often engaged in heated diplomatic — or not...
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Oct 12, 2024
In principle, we do not like autocrats. We also clearly condemn ethnic cleansing practices. And in theory, authoritarian regimes ruled by despotic families are the exact opposite of...
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Oct 4, 2024
A war of attrition against Russia has never proved to be a good idea. From Napoleon’s France to Hitler’s Germany, many have attempted it, but no one has succeeded in...
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Sep 28, 2024
Yet another European Union member state drifts rightward. If polls prove correct, in the Austrian parliamentary elections on Sept 29th the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) is...
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Sep 16, 2024
There are many reasons why European voters are turning to national conservative politics, but the most important one is mass and illegal immigration.
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Aug 28, 2024
There is a long tradition of Westerners resorting to India to find peace. As the world now seems to agree that it is about time we found a peaceful solution to the Ukraine war, could...
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Aug 23, 2024
Ukraine has surprised the world with an impressive offensive into the Kursk oblast. Its armed forces clearly caught the Russian army off guard and have so far achieved a victory...
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Aug 12, 2024
With hundreds of Hindus and Christians killed and thousands more attacked and wounded, violence on minorities in Bangladesh finally calls western attention to what happens when an...
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Aug 2, 2024
What we saw a week ago at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympiad did not just come out of the blue. The meticulous cancellation of the Western culture that the French organisers...
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May 28, 2024
India, the largest democracy on earth, is heading to the polls right now. Yet you have to ask how many Europeans have even bothered to look up and consider this phenomenon: a...
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Apr 9, 2024
The last two years of European involvement in the Ukraine war have revealed an uncomfortable truth: The EU may be a global economic and political power, but its military capacity is...
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Feb 6, 2024
After last November’s attack on a Dublin Catholic school, graffiti reading “Irish lives matter” appeared on the Falls Road in West Belfast. It is a location that is...
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Jan 3, 2024
2023 has been an important year for conservative and Right-wing parties in Europe. 2024, however, will be truly decisive.
May 28, 2024India, the largest democracy on earth, is heading to the polls right now. Yet you have to ask how many Europeans have even bothered to look up and consider this phenomenon: a...
Feb 6, 2024After last November’s attack on a Dublin Catholic school, graffiti reading “Irish lives matter” appeared on the Falls Road in West Belfast. It is a location that is...
Jan 3, 20242023 has been an important year for conservative and Right-wing parties in Europe. 2024, however, will be truly decisive.