Which Way the Flag Blows
Germany embraces black, red and gold whenever football makes patriotism safe. Beyond the stadium, however, the national flag still…
Digital Militia: The Online Speech Police Being Set Up by Brussels
The European Union’s “trusted flagger” system sounds benign. In reality, it empowers a privileged class of digital enforcers to po…
Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Failing – Europe Wants One Anyway
Europe is moving toward social media bans for children. Polls show broad support, but Australia’s experience suggests the harder q…
Did the ECB Shoot Itself in the Foot?
While the European Central Bank tightened monetary policy and exposed Europe’s economy to fresh risks, US markets rallied on renew…
G7 Leaders Meet Under Pressure in Évian
The G7 summit opens in France under tight security following riots in Geneva and a new agreement to end the war with Iran. For Eur…
US Lawmakers Move to Shut Down Surrogacy Loopholes
Two bills before the US Congress seek to close gaps in surrogacy laws which leave women and children vulnerable to exploitation.
Trump’s Coal Gamble Is a Slap in the Face to the Green Deal
The United States emits roughly three times as much greenhouse gas per capita as the EU. Without its cooperation, the Union’s camp…
US and Iran Reach Preliminary Deal to End War
The United States and Iran have agreed on a framework to end the war, lift the US blockade of Iranian ports and reopen the Strait …
Three Inflation Problems of Trump’s Own Making
The president’s policies across three distinct areas – tariffs, war and interest rates – all have the same effect on the economy. …
Who decides France’s future?
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Migration can expand an economy without making people better off
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Brussels rethinks protection for Ukraine’s conscription-age men
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Money, not the front line, is deciding Ukraine’s fate
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Russia’s wartime cure is becoming its economic trap
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Gramsci’s Lesson: If Conservatives Want to Succeed, They Need Their Own Vision
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China and Russia Paper Over Differences to Challenge US Power
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Europe wants to be green, social and strong – but cannot be all three
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China’s Message to Trump: America No Longer Sets the Terms Alone
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AI reaches its limits on Starbucks shelves
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Keir Starmer faces the bond market’s guillotine
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Britain’s political collapse is a warning to Europe
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Why is the US economy outpacing Europe?
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Trump’s second term has not brought a turnaround on abortion
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Mass Emigration and Low Birth Rates Are Draining the Balkans of Its Future
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Romania has enormous potential – but also serious problems
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Inheritance and gift taxes hurt economic growth
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Oil prices could double within just a few weeks
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Developing countries are growing old before they grow rich
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Mass migration is only a leaky patch for demographic decline
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AI Was Going to Replace Us, But Then Came the Invoice
AI was long sold as an efficiency machine: subscribe, prompt and cut headcount. Behind every request, however, lie real costs that…
Ireland Puts Values at Heart of EU Presidency Agenda
Ireland has positioned itself as something of the opposite pole to Hungary and Poland in Europe in recent years, a characterizatio…
Studies Question Judicial Independence in Europe
The EU court’s same-sex marriage ruling is only part of a broader problem. Academic studies have raised questions about judicial i…
Europe’s €577bn Covid Black Box
The EU borrowed hundreds of billions to rebuild Europe after Covid. Now the European Court of Auditors says the public still canno…
Swiss Voters Reject 10 Million Population Cap
The proposal had been expected to produce a close result. In the end, the “no” camp won more decisively than many analysts had for…
Switzerland Votes on a 10 Million Population Cap
Switzerland votes today on whether to keep its population below ten million. The referendum has become a test case for a wider Wes…
Migration and the GDP Illusion
A larger economy does not necessarily mean greater prosperity. Migration keeps labor cheap, weakens the pressure to innovate and m…
France's Assimilation Reckoning: A Republic Without Frenchmen
France built its republic on the belief that it could turn anyone into a Frenchman. Mass migration and the slow failure of assimil…
Europe's Migration Dilemma: Unified Rules, Unresolved Numbers
Asylum seekers and irregular migrants now face stricter screening procedures and a greater likelihood of forced deportation across…
Moscow and Minsk: Migration as a Tool of Power
Russia is being demographically transformed by migration it can no longer fully control. Belarus is using migrants it does not act…
South Africa’s Migrant Crisis Echoes Europe’s Strife
In Europe, immigration – often from Africa – tops the political agenda across the continent. But in South Africa, a migration cris…
Bonnie Blue and the Insufficiency of the Magic Word “Consent”
Across the Western world, “consent” has become something of a magic word when it comes to sexual matters. Ironically, that same cu…
The Chancellor Swap Is No Longer a Phantom Debate
Rumors of a chancellor swap are spreading through Berlin. Friedrich Merz is deeply unpopular, the CDU is drifting behind the AfD, …
The Most Controversial Football Match You Have Never Heard of
This autumn, Ireland will play Israel. The football match should be a non-event. Instead, it has become the biggest controversy in…
La Sagrada Família is a Lesson Spain Needs to Learn
Antoni Gaudí's towering masterwork, the basilica of La Sagrada Família, is nearing completion 144 years after work began. Its mess…
“I Will Never Give Up”: Orban Accepts Responsibility for Fidesz’s Fall from Power
At a party congress in Budapest, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered a sweeping post-mortem on Fidesz's April 2…
Defense Spending Tears Apart Starmer's Cabinet
Debate about the state of Britain’s armed forces has reached new heights following the resignations of two senior defense official…
Is the Death Knell Sounding for Kallas’s Diplomatic Service?
Germany, France and several other EU member states want to radically reshape the European External Action Service. The bloc’s dipl…
The Perfect Story That Never Happened
A viral post by a supposedly French AI researcher turned out to be fiction. The episode highlights a growing challenge of the AI e…
The Anti-Racism Doctrine Behind the Henry Nowak Case
Henry Nowak died in police handcuffs after his killer falsely accused him of racism. His case exposes a deeper crisis in British p…
The Trapped Giant
Summits and failed policy plans are all the German government currently manages to produce. It can deliver only miniature reforms …
Kushner’s Albanian Resort Faces a Flamingo Revolt With a Darker Edge
Jared Kushner’s planned Albanian resort has turned the flamingo into the symbol of a revolt that has shaken the country since late…
