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Albania’s Authoritarian Slide and the EU-Western Balkans Summit

It is easy to distinguish and denounce a full-blown dictatorship, one that haunts, censures, and kills thousands. It is less straightforward to spot a soft dictatorship in an EU candidate country.

Edith Harxhi, Enri Çeno, and the Secretariat of International Relations of the Democratic Party of Albania December 4, 2022

Balenciaga Retracts Ad Campaign After Accusations of Sexualizing Children

The father of one of the girls in the photos called the photo session an ‘“enjoyable day out” and a “fantastic time.”

Jan Bentz December 3, 2022

Paris: Anne Hidalgo on the Brink of a Precipice

As early as 2017, the mayor’s advisor in charge of the budget alerted Anne Hidalgo to her mismanagement and the disaster that was looming. Unheedful of the warnings then, Anne Hidalgo continues today to bankrupt Paris.

Hélène de Lauzun December 1, 2022

Ocean Viking: Predictable Fiasco

The worst fears raised by members of Les Républicains or the Rassemblement National are fully justified: the state has not been able to deal properly with these 234 migrants, most of whom have disappeared into thin air.

Hélène de Lauzun November 30, 2022

Freedom To Offer Help in Jeopardy in the UK

The law would make it illegal to tell a woman seeking an abortion that help, if she needs it—baby supplies, housing, or a network of support—is available to her.

Paul Coleman November 30, 2022

The Subjugation of Democracy, Part II

Individual citizens cannot be trusted to understand ideologies. They must be guided, Ebeling explains, by “collective epistemic agents.” But what knowledge are these agents supposed to help citizens gain?

Sven R. Larson November 29, 2022

French Assembly Votes To Include Abortion in the Constitution

In order for the right to kill a child in the womb becomes part of the French constitution, the identical text must still be adopted by the Senate, where a draft has already been rejected in committee.

Hélène de Lauzun November 28, 2022

“Hitlering Along” to the World Cup

Even Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) displayed the armband—a first for a German minister since 1945. It remains unclear whether this exercise in solidarity will prompt Qatari leadership to rework Sharia law to accommodate German sensibilities.

David Boos November 27, 2022

The Madness of Quotas

The spurious clamour for quotas is usually matched only by the hypocrisy of those pushing them—and this case is no exception.

Frank Haviland November 26, 2022

Can Trump Win Again?

Whichever candidates Trump will face in the 2024 presidential primary elections, they will be tough contenders. Running for president is not for the faint of heart.

Sven R. Larson November 23, 2022

COMMENTARY

The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

Emotional decisions are rarely prudent. A statesman who allows himself to be swayed by momentary feelings, risks forgetting the interests of the country he represents.

Daria Fedotova

July 7, 2021

Category: COMMENTARY

Albania’s Authoritarian Slide and the EU-Western Balkans Summit

Balenciaga Retracts Ad Campaign After Accusations of Sexualizing Children

Paris: Anne Hidalgo on the Brink of a Precipice

Ocean Viking: Predictable Fiasco

Freedom To Offer Help in Jeopardy in the UK

The Subjugation of Democracy, Part II

French Assembly Votes To Include Abortion in the Constitution

“Hitlering Along” to the World Cup

The Madness of Quotas

Can Trump Win Again?

The Bleak Promise of a Borderless World

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