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…
Vox: Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees
Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees Denmark has one of the harshest records on Syrian refugees of any European Union nation, and last week it got even…
Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing – the end of an expat dream? | Television & radio | The Guardian
Wonderful to watch sloppy reporting, tabloid approach, selecting one of the worst locations of the blighted Spanish coast, focusing on the ugly and hopeless, including sores and dementia – neglecting…
Anne Applebaum: How to Regain Control of Europe
This article is an updated version of an article written before the attacks. Objectively speaking, the unprecedented, bloody terrorist attacks in Paris on Source: How to Regain Control of Europe…
Tim Berners-Lee: The wider world web
Twenty-five years after the first website became publicly accessible, in 2016 the web will become even more important to businesses, states and people everywhere. Governments will need to update laws…
Mark Zuckerberg should spend $45 billion on undoing Facebook’s damage to democracies|The Washington Post
Never mind that it didn’t happen: It is now possible to live in a virtual reality where Trump’s lies are acclaimed as the hidden truth that the mainstream media have…
FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
Europe a victims of its own success: FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
Russia funds French National Front: is Moscow sowing European unrest?| News | The Week UK
Russia has also reportedly lent money to Greece’s neofascist Golden Dawn, Italy’s Northern League and other anti-Europe parties Source: Russia funds French National Front: is Moscow sowing European unrest?| News…
As Le Pen rises Europe’s liberal dream is disappearing in front of our eyes | Rafael Behr
The liberal camp is leaving the door wide-open to illiberal or outright fascist/nazi camps by sticking its collective head firmly in the sand and refusing to acknowledge that people are…
Comment te choisir une religion ? — Poil de Cube
Comment te choisir une religion ? Source: Comment te choisir une religion ? — Poil de Cube
NYT: California Attack Has U.S. Rethinking Strategy on Homegrown Terror
California Attack Has U.S. Rethinking Strategy on Homegrown Terror Unable to curb the availability of guns at home or extremist propaganda from overseas, the authorities may have to rely more…