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…
Sex Talk for Muslim Women|NYT
I realized I had to speak frankly about my own sexual experience to free others to do so, too. Source: Sex Talk for Muslim Women
Czym kusi populizm? | Kultura Liberalna
Rozbicie Europy to zły pomysł, ale to nie oznacza, że ludzie nie spróbują wcielić go w życie. Populistyczni politycy nie oglądają się na konsekwencje? Samo to, że coś nie może…
Trump and the Lord’s Work|NYT
To get the nation’s politics unstuck, the intransigent version of the Republican Party had to be destroyed. Source: Trump and the Lord’s Work
La histeria fiscal se extiende por las ciudades turísticas|El País
Otra tasa no resuelve decenios de imprevisión municipal. Y como desde los años 60 la gestión del turismo ha sido entre mala y pésima, los ayuntamientos (incluyendo el de Madrid,…
Javier Solana: Brexit’s Questions for Europe
In three months, British citizens will vote on whether or not to remain in the EU. But they are not the only ones who must consider their political future; the…
EU policies
New issues come up every day – and every day we miss an opportunity to run the EU rationally. I wouldn’t say that we only have issues which can be…
20 minutes|More Germans leave Switzerland
Well, the UDC is obtaining what it wants, on many levels: top professionals, from countries with full employment like Germany, leave because they can. Others go as soon as they…
Roman Europe? by Anatole Kaletsky|Project Syndicate
Somewhat reluctantly and to my own surprise, I must agree with Kaletsky that Nein may not be the only optimal answer to any attempt to run the EU. We need…
Be thankful the US is willing to be our global policeman | Jonathan Freedland | Opinion | The Guardian
The long arm of the American law is investigating the company behind the Panama Papers. After taking on Fifa, drug lords and the corrupt, it seems the only nation strong…