Islamism and the Left | Dissent Magazine
I frequently come across leftists who are more concerned with avoiding accusations of Islamophobia than they are with condemning Islamist zealotry. This is an odd position with relation to the…
Democracy and The European Union | OUPblog
In a symbolic gesture toward creating an ever closer Union, the European Union conferred citizenship on everyone who was also a subject of one of its member states. However, the…
Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia | StratCom
Source: Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia | StratCom
We need a social media with heart that gives us time to think | Will Hutton
As even Tim Berners-Lee has recognised, the volume of data with which we’re being bombarded prevents us from engaging in genuine debate Source: We need a social media with heart…
Is Putin trying to topple Merkel?
If Putin was trying to use refugees to topple Angela Merkel, then Aleppo was a step too far, Norbert Roettgen, the head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has told…
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…
Russia accused of clandestine funding of European parties as US conducts major review of Vladimir Putin’s strategy – Telegraph
Exclusive: UK warns of “new Cold War” as Kremlin seeks to divide and rule in Europe Source: Russia accused of clandestine funding of European parties as US conducts major review…