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…
Russia-Greece: Caught in the web of the Russian ideologues | ZEIT ONLINE
Powerful Russians want to drive a wedge into the EU and are fighting for Moscow’s dominance. Confidential emails reveal how they are influencing the Greek government. Source: Russia-Greece: Caught in…
“Western Civilization is not Really a Civilization”: ‘Westophobia’ in Arab Culture | Augean Stables
Confronted by the daily avalanche of naïve nonsense or outright mendacity about the Middle East in the Western media, academia, and sometimes governments, I am haunted by something a Syrian…
‘Occidentophobia’: The Elephant in the Room
“The West” is regularly seen as some combination of loss of moral values, imperialism and drone attacks — a description reminiscent of the Star Trek Borg species that assimilates into…
Obama Is Poland’s Only Hope | Foreign Policy
Poland’s political crisis is escalating at breakneck speed. At the opening of Parliament in November, the Law and Justice party used its new majority to… Source: Obama Is Poland’s Only…
El País interview with Etienne Davignon
Etienne Davignon: “La UE está a punto de colapsar y casi ningún líder la defiende” Ante la grave crisis que atraviesa el proyecto europeo, la Alianza de Periódicos Líderes Europeos…
Gary Hart: SPQA|Huffington Post
Good catchy tile: SPQA, as I was about to flag the spelling error. What the post doesn’t mention is the demographic bomb which both the Romans and our civilisation is…
Jennifer Pahlka helps improve how government works
Public administrations – not only in the USA – invest real money on websites which are supposed to provide services to users. More often than not, the websites are half-baked,…
Democracy collapsing in eastern Europe?
When we talk about people with different opinions in democratic societies, we refer to people who can perhaps argue and disagree, but can do it in an acceptable manner and…
Russian resurgence: how the Kremlin is making its presence felt across Europe | World news | The Guardian
The Kremlin is influencing policy and shaping opinion all over Europe, with ties to both the far right and the hard left Source: Russian resurgence: how the Kremlin is making…