Foreign Affairs: Obama and Europe
Obama failed to take European security seriously for most of his presidency, and his administration’s complacency paved the way for renewed Russian revanchism in Ukraine. Source: Obama and Europe
Democracy
Cologne assault: Cultural difference is no excuse for rape
It pains me to agree with The Telegraph, but this opinion piece is spot on. There is no excuse for criminal behaviour – and certainly not a cultural one. The Cologne events only confirm what […]
Yasmine Bahrani: It is time for Muslims to begin a deep self-examination-The Washington Post
It is time for Muslims to begin a deep self-examination-The Washington Post In the wake of the Paris bloodbath, the attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and Bamako, Mali, and murders elsewhere before and since, people […]
El Pais: Soldados sin riesgo; por Javier Marías
Las intenciones del Daesh están son meridianas si por ellos fuera, llevarían a cabo el mayor genocidio de la historia Source: Columna | Soldados sin riesgo; por Javier Marías
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 At the deepest level, the […]
FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
Europe a victims of its own success: FP Anne Applebaum: Does Europe Even Matter?
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 indeed worried about intolerant minorities, […]
Henryka Krzywonos: Spytałam Kaczyńskiego, czy się nie wstydzi
Source: wyborcza.pl Spytałam, czy się nie wstydzi. Odpowiedział bardzo niewyraźnie, że robotnicy nie mają nic wspólnego z tym, co się stało. Nie zrozumiałam, o co mu chodzi z tymi robotnikami. Chciałam się tylko dowiedzieć, bo […]
The Economist: Europe’s new headache The new government in Poland has made an awful start
The Economist: Europe’s new headache The new government in Poland has made an awful start In normal times Europe could afford to wait for PiS to come to terms with reality. The new government has only […]
23/11/2015, Today – BBC Radio 4
General McChrystal, who led US special forces in Iraq speaks on BBC4 about the nature of the threat posed by ISIS and how we should respond – and how not to respond in the predictable […]
Isis: In a borderless world, the days when we could fight foreign wars and be safe at home may be long gone | Middle East | News | The Independent
It could be a good analysis from Robert Fisk, and it contains many interesting insights: irrelevance of borders both ME and European ones, etc. However, Fisk, a long-time resident of Beirut, has gone native: there […]
How Has Russia Weaponized Information? | CEPA
In CEPA’s latest report, Edward Lucas and Ben Nimmo describe the Kremlin’s ongoing disinformation campaign to subvert both international onlookers and its domestic population. CEPA Infowar Paper No. 1 describes the mechanisms Russia has employed […]