Category: Analysis

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Inflation Creates a Two-Tiered Euro Zone

Eurostat says inflation looks calm—but beneath the surface, a worrying split is emerging. Polarized inflation poses a serious challenge for the ECB and an increasingly hands-on Brussels.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland on July 27, 2025

Did von der Leyen Go Too Far This Time?

A supranational bureaucracy is trying to increase its own enormous budget while doing next to nothing to address fraudulent and erroneous EU spending.

Bulgaria Has Good Reasons To Say No to the Euro

Bulgaria Has Good Reasons To Say No to the Euro

Citizens’ needs won’t be a priority once national leaders are beholden to their fiscal overlords in Brussels and Frankfurt.

June 4, 2025
Protectionism Is a Bad Response to the Rise of China

Protectionism Is a Bad Response to the Rise of China

The free world should embrace the open flow of investment capital and business ideas, not stifle them with political suspicion.

June 1, 2025
Who Controls Rare Earth Minerals Can Control the World

Who Controls Rare Earth Minerals Can Control the World

U.S. attempts to challenge China’s dominance over rare earth elements explain President Trump’s interest in Ukraine and Greenland

May 31, 2025
Trump’s Tariff Tactics Deflate EU’s Self- Image

Trump’s Tariff Tactics Deflate EU’s Self- Image

Europe has no clue what Trump’s game is, and member states are fed up with being left in the dark.

May 31, 2025
Tariff Shock: Brussels Needs To Snap Out of It

Tariff Shock: Brussels Needs To Snap Out of It

The question is whether Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs will wake up the Eurocrats running a protectionist system whose price is paid by the public.

May 26, 2025
The Silent Jihadi Genocide Against Christians in Nigeria

The Silent Jihadi Genocide Against Christians in Nigeria

Why are international institutions and human rights organizations turning a blind eye to the systematic killing and displacement of Christians?

May 25, 2025
The Neoliberal-Globalist World Order is Over in the Middle East

The Neoliberal-Globalist World Order is Over in the Middle East

The ‘international community’ has done little besides providing moral, legal, and financial support to bloodthirsty Islamist terrorists, standing against the only democracy in the Middle East.

Defense Funding: Europe Is Wading Into Deep Debt Waters

Defense Funding: Europe Is Wading Into Deep Debt Waters

To date, there are no credible estimates of the fiscal danger associated with NATO’s planned military expansion. We put numbers on it. Prepare to be shocked.

May 25, 2025
Trump Must Take U.S. Credit Downgrade Seriously

Trump Must Take U.S. Credit Downgrade Seriously

Europe has a rich history of debt crises. Time for Trump to learn from them.

May 22, 2025
Hurricane Ventura Shatters Portuguese Politics

Hurricane Ventura Shatters Portuguese Politics

PM Luis Montenegro faces a choice: Forge a robust right-wing government with Chega or cling to the cordon sanitaire and overrule the people’s wishes.

Telegram: France Tried To Gag Conservatives Before Romanian Election

Telegram: France Tried To Gag Conservatives Before Romanian Election

“You either have freedom of speech and fair elections—or you don’t. And the Romanian people deserve both.”

May 19, 2025
How Poland’s Liberal Candidate Gets Bankrolled From Abroad

How Poland’s Liberal Candidate Gets Bankrolled From Abroad

Just two days before the presidential election, it turns out that the very people warning of manipulation were themselves running a covert online campaign.