ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
Muslim Voters and the European Left | Foreign Affairs
The refugee crisis has highlighted a strategic problem for Europe’s left: how to approach immigration and immigrant voters without driving away their working-class base. … The central problem for the…
The stupidity and unenforceability of Poland’s speech law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-stupidity-and-unenforceability-of-polands-speech-law/2018/02/02/95888e36-082b-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html
The Economist | Helios’s crystal
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21736122-perovskites-have-potential-outshine-silicon-solar-panels-new-type?frsc=dg%7Ce
Here’s the first evidence Russia used Twitter to influence Brexit
Russia-based Twitter accounts that targeted the US presidential election also used divisive and racist rhetoric in an attempt to disrupt politics in the UK and Europe Source: Here’s the first…
Catalan independence: EU experts detect rise in pro-Kremlin false claims|The Guardian
Fake news-debunking East Stratcom unit saw upsurge in false information published in Russian and Spanish about independence referendum Source: Catalan independence: EU experts detect rise in pro-Kremlin false claims
Malmedy Massacre: How a Nazi War Crime Is Misremembered | Foreign Affairs
A new book on the Malmedy massacre offers a timely study of the process of historical mythmaking—how false and distorted accounts come to constitute their own durable reality. Source: Malmedy…
Age of Ignorance | by Charles Simic
Widespread ignorance bordering on idiocy is our new national goal. It’s no use pretending otherwise and telling us, as Thomas Friedman did in the Times a few days ago, that…
Who is hacking Brexit? And why we need our own Robert Mueller inquiry
Source: Who is hacking Brexit? And why we need our own Robert Mueller inquiry
Vote Leave donations: the dark ads, the mystery ‘letter’ – and Brexit’s online guru
Dominic Cummings seemed the perfect man to lead Vote Leave’s strategic team. Where did he discover his passion for data? Source: Vote Leave donations: the dark ads, the mystery ‘letter’…
Opinion | Who’s a Spaniard These Days?|NYT
The Catalan independence referendum was the most dangerous outcome of a populist nationalism aimed at breaking Europe apart. Source: Opinion | Who’s a Spaniard These Days?