Dragged Towards Unipolarity
Like the world which Kojève observed in 1945 and again in 1957, ours is a world of great powers vying for global dominance.
Like the world which Kojève observed in 1945 and again in 1957, ours is a world of great powers vying for global dominance.
The North Korean army launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which flew over Japan. South Korea and the United States responded on the same day with precision strike drills and several missiles launched into the sea.
Estonian home prices rose more than 20% year-to-year for the third quarter in a row.
Ukrainian President Zelensky was recorded calling upon NATO to consider “preemptive strikes” against Russia, rather than “waiting for the nuclear strikes first” and then retaliating.
Whether this new ‘European Political Community’ will indeed become a ‘United Nations in Europe,’ so dubbed by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, remains to be seen. As of now, it bears all the hallmarks of just the latest talk shop.
In a move that left the White House “disappointed,” OPEC+ announced a cut of its oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which amounts to 2% of global oil production. The political and economical fallout may have far-reaching consequences.
Germans have become incapable or unwilling to defend our national interests. We no longer secure our own borders—we are too refined for that. We leave it to others, such as Poland and Hungary, and then lecture them when they do it.
The establishment’s cowardice leaves no place for honesty. It is a safe, risk-averse, and timid strategy for those without guiding principles or will to follow them. As Mikhail Bulgakov once wrote, “cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
The chairman of the French National Assembly’s law commission explained in an interview that Parliament’s freedom to legislate on ethical matters must be “absolute,” meaning that parliamentarians must not feel bound by public disapproval of euthanasia.
The survey revealed a massive disconnect between the public’s perception of reality and what establishment politicians, media, and academia claim to be true.
The new enclosures and ‘fourth industrial revolution’—with its counterfeit morality, its saccharine pseudo-ethical appeals to inclusivity and saving the planet—may not need a large force, but they do need a disciplined, dependent population.
While there may be fewer rainbow flags around and more room for self-expression on sensitive topics than is present in Western societies of today, ‘woke culture’ is spreading in Poland.
“Yes, citizens of European origin can be the object of racism. And it’s a man who has spent his entire political career on the left who tells you,” the city council member said in his resignation speech.
Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire and the start of peace negotiations, “in the name of God and in the name of the sense of humanity that dwells in every heart.”
Sometime during the coming weeks, da Silva and Bolsonaro will once again brandish words in what is sure to be a fiery debate. On October 30th, the world’s fourth-largest democracy will pass judgment over who will be leading it.
It is a significant victory for Mortier and for those who have long warned of the slippery slope of euthanasia.
Within Spain’s judicial-political controversy, the Partido Popular proposed a legislative change to court-appointment procedures. The PSOE rejected it, as it would mean political suicide.
Habeck warned that Germany is looking at an “extremely tense” situation in the coming months, saying that if Germans fail to reduce their gas consumption, we risk “not having enough gas this winter.”
I would go so far as to argue that unadulterated liberalism corrodes democracy, and true democracy is opposed to liberalism. Illiberal democracy is capable of integrating what is valuable in liberalism without allowing the liberal framework to take over.
The desire of boys to carry pocketknives, it seems to me, is one that should be nurtured. A pocketknife makes one more useful to others, and being at the service of others is what turns a boy into a man.
This comes in addition to the €130 million Sanchez has already earmarked for the Global Fund, of which Bill Gates is a key partner.
The informal meeting, planned for October 7th in Prague, follows on the heels of an agreement between energy ministers for mandatory windfall taxes on energy companies.