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…
Polish ministers to visit UK after attacks on Poles in Harlow – BBC News
Brexiters stir hatred, then when idiots take action, it has nothing to with them. Jo Cox died, one Polish guy died – for a peaceful, law-abiding country, it certainly is…
Fire in Benitachell
Accelerated video of a forest fire in Benitachell. 5 September 2016.
Pérez-Reverte, sobre moros y cristianos – Zenda
Spanish writer Arturo Perrez-Reverte series of four articles on the West and Islam (in Spanish): Los godos seguirán llegando en oleadas, anegando fronteras, caminos y ciudades. Están en su derecho,…
Apple, Ireland and the Spanish connection
RTÉ’s Europe Editor Tony Connelly looks at the Apple ruling and the possible impact of a similar case involving Spanish bank Santander. Source: Apple, Ireland and the Spanish connection
The Hijab Is Now An Official Part Of The Scottish Police Uniform | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
What better way to encourage bigotry, contrary to the writer of the story. We are allowing bigots to push Scotland and the rest of Europe from Enlightenment back to the…
Harvard Kennedy School – Summer 2016 | Virtual Arsenal
IN THE EVENING of December 23, 2015, the lights went out in parts of Ukraine, plunging more than 225,000 households into darkness. In itself, a blackout in that part of…
Peter Pomerantsev: Why We’re Post-Fact
As his army blatantly annexed Crimea, Vladimir Putin went on TV and, with a smirk, told the world there were no Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He wasn’t lying so much…
The Threat Is Already Inside
The author claims that we should stop treating terrorism as exceptional and learn to deal with it more intelligently. Contains some good ideas, although I disagree with some of them,…
How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet | TIME
They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse Source: How Trolls Are Ruining…
Poland’s Constitutional Crisis | Foreign Affairs
After simmering for nine months, the tension between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, is coming to a boil. Source: Poland’s…