Category: Analysis

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NATO’s Make-Believe Spending Goal

It would be surprising if even half of the European NATO members could expand defense spending as much as the alliance requires.

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Welfare or Warfare? The Spanish Agony in Numbers

Rising defense spending will cause fiscal fights in many NATO countries. In Spain, the tension between social benefits and military outlays is perhaps more pointed than anywhere else.

The Talibanization of Bangladesh

The new regime is obliterating the rights and security of religious minorities, women, artists, authors, journalists, and secular people while empowering radical Islamic groups.

How China Left Europe in the Dust in the Electric Car Race

How China Left Europe in the Dust in the Electric Car Race

Beijing has taken advantage of European naivety to fill the Common Market with its vehicles while protecting its own.

April 19, 2025
Queen Ursula’s Plot To Rule Europe—and Save the World

Queen Ursula’s Plot To Rule Europe—and Save the World

Not national governments, not even Brussels, but Commission chief von der Leyen alone can and must deliver us all—or at least that is what she thinks.

April 16, 2025
Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Push on Cyprus Threatens European Stability

Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Push on Cyprus Threatens European Stability

Brussels must take a firmer stance on Turkey’s violations of international law, reinforcing support for Cypriot sovereignty.

April 14, 2025
The Tariff Earthquake: How Trump Is Reshaping the Global Economy 

The Tariff Earthquake: How Trump Is Reshaping the Global Economy 

The U.S. president is tackling an issue the nation has been kicking down the road since the end of the gold standard in 1971: the gaping chasm of fiscal disaster and trade deficits.

April 8, 2025
Paris Rally for Le Pen Unites the Right

Paris Rally for Le Pen Unites the Right

The media will have to get used to it: the RN intends to go all the way to power without violence or a coup d’état.

April 7, 2025
EU Return Directive: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?

EU Return Directive: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?

Are the proposed revisions enough to finally close the door on illegal migrants?

April 7, 2025
Jordan Bardella: Does He Have What It Takes To Lead France?

Jordan Bardella: Does He Have What It Takes To Lead France?

Enjoying both his party’s and the nation’s support, France’s right-wing ‘Cyborg’ has two years to mature and fill Le Pen’s shoes.

April 5, 2025
How Merz Dug His Own Political Grave

How Merz Dug His Own Political Grave

The CDU/CSU Union is about to fail at the very thing they have always prided themselves on: political responsibility.

April 4, 2025
Britain in the Age of Trumpism

Britain in the Age of Trumpism

While it makes sense to take advantage of being Trump’s favourite Western country, this must be done with a keen eye on maintaining British sovereignty and British interests.

April 2, 2025
Orthodox Christian Institutions Plundered in Turkish Muslim-Nationalist Campaign

Orthodox Christian Institutions Plundered in Turkish Muslim-Nationalist Campaign

Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey accounted for approximately 100,000 citizens in 1923. Today, they number around 1,200.

March 31, 2025
Le Pen Trial: French Democracy in the Dock?

Le Pen Trial: French Democracy in the Dock?

The judges should beware of not serving as a tool in the establishment forces’ endeavours to prevent a Marine Le Pen presidency.

March 31, 2025
European Defence Should Not and Need Not Entail Debt or Centralisation

European Defence Should Not and Need Not Entail Debt or Centralisation

There are ample opportunities to find savings in Europe’s bloated welfare states, making it entirely feasible to find the resources to bolster the military.

March 28, 2025