Category: Analysis

Can Trump Get the EU to Roll Back Its Environmental and Digital Rules?

Can Trump Get the EU to Roll Back Its Environmental and Digital Rules?

The tariff negotiations offer the EU a vital opportunity to pursue a fundamental change of direction.

September 1, 2025
Sweden Promised a Hard Turn Right—But Did Anyone Notice?

Sweden Promised a Hard Turn Right—But Did Anyone Notice?

The government has not delivered a paradigm shift. It has been an administrative shift, not an experiential one.

Trump’s Reckless Campaign Against the Federal Reserve

Trump’s Reckless Campaign Against the Federal Reserve

The U.S. president is moving to take control of the Fed board—a power grab that could spell economic disaster for both the U.S. and Europe.

August 28, 2025
Chaining the Media in the European Union—the Reality of the Media Freedom Act

Chaining the Media in the European Union—the Reality of the Media Freedom Act

In the name of an Orwellian notion of freedom, we risk creating a fragile and dependent market where global platforms remain the uncontested masters.

August 27, 2025
Germany’s Welfare Model Has Reached the End of the Road

Germany’s Welfare Model Has Reached the End of the Road

Chancellor Merz has conceded that Germany can no longer sustain its expansive welfare state—a fiscal surrender to economic reality that other nations may soon be forced to replicate.

August 26, 2025
Dissidents Flee Pakistan Only To Be Targeted in the West

Dissidents Flee Pakistan Only To Be Targeted in the West

Pakistan’s repression of its overseas critics demonstrates how mass, unvetted Islamic migration affects free speech in the West.

August 26, 2025
Strong Hungarian Economy Can Weather a Recession

Strong Hungarian Economy Can Weather a Recession

Doomsday reports on Hungary’s economy are everywhere—but most read more like wishful thinking than real analysis.

August 23, 2025
Cyprus: Greek Cypriots Locked Up by Turks for Visiting Their Land

Cyprus: Greek Cypriots Locked Up by Turks for Visiting Their Land

The EU continues to fund the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus despite ongoing breaches of international law by its self-declared authorities.

August 21, 2025
Resilient Russian Economy Faces Bleak Future

Resilient Russian Economy Faces Bleak Future

Despite widespread predictions, Russia’s economy hasn’t buckled under sanctions—but cracks are starting to show.

August 20, 2025
The Two Superpowers Are Back in Business

The Two Superpowers Are Back in Business

Normalcy in Russia–U.S. relations will transform conflict into cooperation in many parts of the world.

August 18, 2025
A Vassal’s Bargain: How Europe Signed Away Its Autonomy

A Vassal’s Bargain: How Europe Signed Away Its Autonomy

Ursula von der Leyen’s tariff deal with Washington marks the clearest admission yet of Europe’s diminished status in the transatlantic order.

August 16, 2025
Social Welfare in Europe: Stingy or Generous?

Social Welfare in Europe: Stingy or Generous?

As some countries ramp up social benefits to strengthen emerging welfare states, others are scaling back in a bid to rein in systems that have grown beyond what their tax bases can sustain.

August 15, 2025