Foreign Affairs: Obama and Europe
Obama failed to take European security seriously for most of his presidency, and his administration’s complacency paved the way for renewed Russian revanchism in Ukraine. Source: Obama and Europe
Geopolitics
El Pais: Soldados sin riesgo; por Javier Marías
Las intenciones del Daesh están son meridianas si por ellos fuera, llevarían a cabo el mayor genocidio de la historia Source: Columna | Soldados sin riesgo; por Javier Marías
Fighting Climate Change With One of the World’s Largest Solar Power Plants
A detour past a bridge in Nevada led Jamey Stillings to his latest project, a sleek and sprawling solar energy plant, the kind that will be crucial in averting the effects of climate change. Source: […]
Anne Applebaum: How to Regain Control of Europe
This article is an updated version of an article written before the attacks. Objectively speaking, the unprecedented, bloody terrorist attacks in Paris on Source: How to Regain Control of Europe At the deepest level, the […]
FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
Europe a victims of its own success: FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
23/11/2015, Today – BBC Radio 4
General McChrystal, who led US special forces in Iraq speaks on BBC4 about the nature of the threat posed by ISIS and how we should respond – and how not to respond in the predictable […]
Isis: In a borderless world, the days when we could fight foreign wars and be safe at home may be long gone | Middle East | News | The Independent
It could be a good analysis from Robert Fisk, and it contains many interesting insights: irrelevance of borders both ME and European ones, etc. However, Fisk, a long-time resident of Beirut, has gone native: there […]
The French Way of War – POLITICO Magazine
The French military is highly conscious of its small size and lack of resources… Whenever possible, they try to limit the use of the military to missions for which militaries really can be of use. […]
How Has Russia Weaponized Information? | CEPA
In CEPA’s latest report, Edward Lucas and Ben Nimmo describe the Kremlin’s ongoing disinformation campaign to subvert both international onlookers and its domestic population. CEPA Infowar Paper No. 1 describes the mechanisms Russia has employed […]
Brahma Chellaney: The Western Roots of Anti-Western Terror
Brahma Chellaney repeats, in the “The Western Roots of Anti-Western Terror“, the theory that all evil and disorder in today’s world stems invariably and unavoidably from western interventionism. As if it was a given, the […]
Tolerance and its excesses
Irrationality has its price. Irrational rejection and hatred of foreigners on one hand, unconditional and irrational love of strangers on the other. Instead of sitting down and discussing who deserves and truly needs our protection, […]
Immigration in Europe: Map of the percentage and country of origin of immigrants – OneEurope
Number of immigrants in European countries Source: Immigration in Europe: Map of the percentage and country of origin of immigrants – OneEurope How are the numbers calculated? Spain has one of the highest percentages – […]