Anne Applebaum : Why would the Dutch vote for chaos and war, and against trade? I am mystified – Ukraine
Anne Applebaum: Why would the Dutch vote for chaos and war, and against trade? I am mystified.
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Sobre idiotas, velos e imanes
…Demasiada transigencia social, demasiados paños calientes, demasiados complejos, demasiado miedo a que te llamen xenófobo. Con lo fácil que sería decir desde el principio: sea bien venido porque lo necesitamos a usted y a su […]
Tony Blair warns of ‘flabby liberalism’ – BBC News
Former prime minister Tony Blair says extremism can be countered, but moderate voices need to be much stronger. …he warned that moderate voices were too defensive about arguing their case and this was fuelling a […]
Blair: «La tolleranza si ferma quando toccano i nostri valori»|Corriere della Sera
«Concediamo troppo, non possiamo farci intimidire», dice Tony Blair. Al telefono da New York, l’ex primo ministro britannico, il leader politico che a cavallo del millennio traghettò la sinistra europea verso i porti del centrismo, […]
Why Russia and Turkey Fight|Council on Foreign Relations
Today’s confrontation between Russian and Turkey is, in fact, less striking than the 15 years of rapprochement preceding it. After all, the historical predecessors of the Russian Federation and the Turkish Republic were rivals for […]
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 the web of the Russian […]
“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 friend told the “Syrian Journal” […]
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 facing. Romans used some of […]
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 of Vladimir Putin’s strategy – […]
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
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 […]