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VOX’s Abascal: “Islamism Is Incompatible With the West”

Robert Semonsen January 31, 2023

Abascal’s statements come days after an illegal immigrant from Morocco killed local sacristan Diego Valencia and injured four others, including a priest, while he rampaged through two Catholic churches in the Spanish city of Algeciras.

Cardinal George Pell: Man of the West

Samuel Gregg January 25, 2023

In what turned out to be his last public homily, delivered three days before he died, Cardinal Pell referred to the “heritage of Wojtyla and Ratzinger.” In addition to being courageous teachers of the Catholic faith, they were, Pell said, also “Europeans, examples of men with profound knowledge of the high culture of the Western world.”

Putin Deploys Warship Armed with New Zircon Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

Robert Semonsen January 6, 2023

Russia claims the Zircon can evade all Western air defense systems by flying at 11,265 kilometers per hour.

Nato Chief Fears Ukraine Will Precipitate “Major War” Between West and Russia

Robert Semonsen December 12, 2022

Stoltenberg says NATO’s principal task is to stop the war from spreading westward toward Europe.

Integration Expert Says Brussels Riots Inspired by Hatred of the West

Robert Semonsen December 3, 2022

Ruud Koopmans, a Dutch sociologist, professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, and researcher on migration, social integration, and transnationalization said many of the rioters “grew up in a culture of hatred of the West.”

Africa: No Continent for Utopian Ideas

Ernst J. van Zyl November 23, 2022

Africa is the ultimate ‘red pill.’ Fundamental facts and basic truths lying just under a thin surface of dusty terrain are easily laid bare because they are not hidden under thick concrete layers of distortions and lies repeated over and over.

Bulverism

Jan Bentz November 13, 2022

Our age is defined not by conversationalists seeking truth together through meaningful debate and discussion. Rather, it is dominated by slurs, slogans, and political catchphrases.

Putin Warns West is Playing a “Dangerous Game”

Bridget Ryder October 30, 2022

Putin accused the West of “stoking of war in Ukraine,” destabilising the global food and energy markets, destroying pan-European gas pipelines, and ignoring Russia’s security concerns through NATO expansion.

Why the West Should Hold Off on Normalising Relations With Iran

Pieter Cleppe October 18, 2022

Trade with hostile nations is always not a bad idea—after all, interdependence can increase the chances of peace. Yet some European countries were perhaps naïve to pursue a normalisation of relations with Iran so eagerly.

Devouring Our Young: The West’s Chronos Complex and the Rise of the New Right

Kurt Hofer September 29, 2022

The victory this week of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni fits into this story as well. Her words—and perhaps, in the future, by the grace of God, her party’s actions—are nothing less than a full-throated disavowal of the West’s Chronos Complex.