
“Many common-sense solutions have been expelled from Europe’s political system”—Atlantic Council Expert Andrew Peek
Transatlantic tensions increasingly stem from conflicting views on democracy and sovereignty, Peek says.

Transatlantic tensions increasingly stem from conflicting views on democracy and sovereignty, Peek says.

“The best response to the violence is not hatred, but the daily courage of those who continue to believe that ideas are fought with other ideas. Never with violence.”

“Europe will only be able to manage its relationship with Muslim communities more effectively if it honestly acknowledges its own Christian identity.”

“The Taliban were terrorists yesterday, they are terrorists today, and they will be terrorists tomorrow. There is no peace with terrorists.”

“Replacing a population is not a solution. It is the admission of a nation’s defeat.”

“The Balkans should not be treated as Europe’s backyard but as a strategically central position.”

A Christian ethos shapes the daily life, work, art, and culture of Armenians like me, nourishing a worldview that honours personal dignity.

“Iran has a better chance of being liberated than Iraq, because I see that most Iranians are fighting.”

“No one denies that disinformation exists. The problem is that, in this case, the remedy may be worse than the disease.”

“All this rhetoric that frightens the West so much, about a country willing to sacrifice itself and unleash an apocalypse if attacked, is nothing more than a strategy.”
A Christian ethos shapes the daily life, work, art, and culture of Armenians like me, nourishing a worldview that honours personal dignity.
“Iran has a better chance of being liberated than Iraq, because I see that most Iranians are fighting.”
“No one denies that disinformation exists. The problem is that, in this case, the remedy may be worse than the disease.”
“All this rhetoric that frightens the West so much, about a country willing to sacrifice itself and unleash an apocalypse if attacked, is nothing more than a strategy.”
“What is striking in Draghi’s speech is what is absent: any reference to democratic consent.”
“Evil takes various forms, expressions that are more or less barbaric, but it is always there, lurking and fighting against the people of God.”
“It is no longer just about controlling the narrative, but about ensuring electoral outcomes that are compatible with institutional interests.”
“Why should we demand a particular interpretation of history?”
In the name of ethics, Brussels is building a regulatory framework that stifles innovation and leaves Europe out of the global technological race.
The UN’s special rapporteurs are all appointed by the Human Rights Council, and the people who are chosen are those whose main interest is to condemn the West, colonialism, and capitalism.
“The Iberian world was, in many respects, radically innovative for its time:
it created laws to protect Indigenous peoples when other empires did not even recognize their humanity.”
“Everyone in Iran knows someone who has been killed by the regime, and the numbers are likely to be much higher than what is currently known.”