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…
Is Hillary Clinton Good for Women? | Foreign Affairs
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton transformed the way U.S. foreign-policy makers approach gender issues. But Clinton’s revolution in Washington produced only limited gains for women abroad, and her successors…
Russia ‘stoking refugee unrest in Germany to topple Angela Merkel’ | World news | The Guardian
This is very disturbing, as it’s more than just a conspiracy theory. We can see it in many aspects of our online life – in fact many discussion groups on…
Can refugees revive Europe’s ageing population? | World Economic Forum
If you only look at the economic aspect, large scale immigration makes sense, sort of. As long as you don’t mind the consequences, which will be far reaching, because of…
How to Help Syrian Refugees | Foreign Affairs
One of the few useful contributions to the global debate about refugees and what to do with and for them. Between the angelical left wing notion than no migrant is…
Reggia di Caserta, sindacati all’attacco: «Il nuovo direttore lavora troppo»|Il Corriere
Dovrebbero fare sciopero contro questo scandalo! É proprio una schifezza che un direttore lavori e si dia da fare per ottenere un successo. Non si sarà mai visto sin da…
4 Innovations That Could Turn Refugees From Burdens Into Assets—And Save Lives | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
I don’t subscribe to the idea that allowing millions of Middle East refugees/migrants into Europe is sustainable. However, whatever the status of the people we accept, there should be a…
Jaroslaw Kaczynski: Poland’s kingmaker — FT
Cats are nice animals, but why do the scary baddies, the Blofelds of this world to love them? The rightwing ideologue quietly dictates policy to the president and prime minister,…
Clueless in Gaza: Western media and the Arab-Israeli conflict
John Lloyd explores the history and weakness of Western media coverage, and suggests one way it could be improved. Source: Clueless in Gaza: Western media and the Arab-Israeli conflict
John Stuart Mill: Conservative persons are generally stupid…
I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I…
John Stuart Mill on War
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is…