On April 9, 2022, Kyiv was expecting the announcement of a ceasefire. What it received instead was an ultimatum. Three years later, documents and testimonies confirm that on that day, it was not peace that was decided, but the duration of the war.
A £1 million donation, a defense entrepreneur, and a former prime minister turned international advocate. The Johnson–Harborne–QinetiQ connection sheds light on the intersection of political power, private influence, and the business of war.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s party wants to explore a path for Swedish euro zone membership. It would be a bad idea for Sweden to give up its own currency.
When the conservative center is silenced, the true extremists inherit the stage.
The appointment is yet another sign of a Church increasingly tempted to bend to the spirit of the world.
In 2010-2014, the EU was the scene of a major fiscal crisis. Since then, nobody has treated the root cause, only the symptoms. Therefore, it is no surprise that history is about to repeat itself.
A stage-managed public feedback and consultation turns citizens into extras in a play about democracy while silencing the very questions that might challenge the Commission’s authority.
Unlike Western Europe’s tendency toward moralizing diplomacy, Hungary’s approach is grounded in realism and mutual respect.
If East Germans had not felt—and rightly so—that for too many years, all decisions were made by West Germans, less estrangement would likely have resulted.
France’s political elite is out of time: they must form a sustainable government and start fiscal consolidation, or the country risks an economic crisis at least as severe as the one 15 years ago.
The Italian PM skillfully transformed the Italian Right from the transactional politics of Silvio Berlusconi to a populist movement defined by policy rather than personality.
Far from acting as a balancing power between East and West, Turkey has become a tactical opportunist, leveraging its NATO membership to extract concessions from the West.
