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Moscow’s Victory Celebration: A Short Guest List and a Sombre Look Back
Comment|Opinion

Moscow’s Victory Celebration: A Short Guest List and a Sombre Look Back

After several Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, Russia’s celebrations marking the end of World War II appeared in doubt this year…

Canada's liberal self-image is overshadowed by surveillance politics.
Comment|Opinion

Freedom in Canada Is Dying One Law at a Time

The Canadian state is moving to track and classify social media comments about members of parliament. The measure fits a wider pat…

Saint Ambrose confronts Emperor Theodosius I after the massacre of Thessaloniki, a defining image of spiritual authority challenging imperial power. Source: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images
Comment|Hyde Park

The Faith That Made Us Rich: Christianity and the European Miracle

Europe grew vastly wealthier, added four decades to life expectancy and became the most successful civilization in history. In the…

An anti-immigration protester in Dublin, where anger over migration, living costs and political detachment has fed a wider backlash against Ireland’s liberal establishment. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

How Liberal Elites Created the Perfect Conditions for Populists

From Ireland’s fuel protests to America’s campus battles, managerial liberalism has become blind to the concerns of ordinary voter…

Comment|Opinion

Toddlers, Thoughtcrime and the New Culture of Surveillance

A new Labour-backed anti-racism initiative for nurseries and schools in Wales has sparked concern that Britain is treating childho…

After a year in office as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz reveals a deep gap between his self-image and reality. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Comment|Editorial

A Chancellor Dismantles Himself

Friedrich Merz wanted to be the chancellor who explained the world to Germany. Instead, a single exchange with a terminally ill wo…

Mali has become a battleground in the Sahel’s struggle between military regimes, rebels and Islamists. Photo: Patrick Robert/Corbis via Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

A Syrian Scenario in Mali?

Mali’s government is facing a deepening crisis as Tuareg rebels allied with Islamists push state forces and Russian Wagner fighter…

President Donald Trump is covered by security agents after an apparent security incident at a rally. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

From Slovakia to Washington: Political Violence Is on the Rise

When respect for life and for one’s neighbor disappears, anger and hatred fill the void. Political violence is not an accident but…

A court ruling on Hungary finds discrimination against the LGBTI community over restrictions on minors, sparking a dispute over national sovereignty. Photo: Getty Images/AI
Comment|Opinion

The EU Court Has Decided What Europe’s Values Are

A recent ruling on Hungary found that restrictions on presenting LGBTI-related content to minors amounted to discrimination. The c…

Protesters carry communist flags during a May Day rally in Athens, Greece, 1 May. Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

May Day After the Working Class

Born in the blood of Chicago’s labor strikes, May Day became the closest thing the modern world has to a universal holiday. But in…

President Donald Trump speaks to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

Trump’s Attack on Merz Reveals New Cracks in the Transatlantic Relationship

Donald Trump’s attack on Friedrich Merz is more than a reaction to Germany’s stance on the Iran war. It reflects a broader shift i…

Gen Z is not rejecting manners but often growing up without them, as changing social norms leave schools and employers to fill the gap. Photo: Getty Images
Comment|Essay

Why Gen Z Needs to Catch Up on Manners

Gen Z is not rejecting manners. It was never taught them. A growing gap in social skills is emerging as family structures shift, c…

Across energy, migration and social policy, Germany’s leaders are defying economic realities and deepening the country’s crisis. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Profimedia/AI
Comment|Opinion

Open Borders and an XXL Welfare State: Germany’s Elite Fights Reality

Whether in energy, migration or social policy, politicians and the media are determined to prove that economic laws do not apply i…

Zoran Stevanovic, speaker of Slovenia’s parliament, calls for a referendum on NATO membership, turning a fringe demand into an international issue. Photo: Samec Blaz/Delo/Profimedia
Comment|Hyde Park

Slovenia’s NATO Referendum: Alliance Rift or Domestic Theater?

A proposed referendum on leaving NATO has raised concerns about cracks within the Alliance. In reality, the issue is less about Sl…

The seaside town of Greystones, Ireland, is experimenting with a voluntary ban on smart devices for preteen children. Photo: Therese Aherne/New York Times/Profimedia
Comment|Essay

A Village Without Smartphones: Parenting, Not Censorship

As concerns grow over the impact of smartphones on children, one Irish village is taking a different path, with parents choosing c…

A dying whale off Germany’s coast has sparked a media frenzy, drawing political and national attention. Photo: Tobias Schlie/Reuters
Comment|Essay

Timmy – A German Drama

A whale is dying off Germany’s North Sea coast. What began as concern over a stranded animal has become a near-hysterical media sp…

Pride parade in Budapest. Photo: Marton Monus/picture alliance via Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

The Woke Ruling Against Hungary: How the EU Seeks to Impose “European Values”

The European Court of Justice has condemned Hungary for alleged discrimination. At the same time, Brussels is channeling billions …

Armed members of Iran’s security forces stand guard amid an uncertain political transition. Photo: Stringer/Getty Images
Comment|Opinion

Iran Reshapes Eurasia

The military attack on Iran by Israel and the US is fundamentally changing power relations and geopolitical interests across the v…

Brussels faces uncertainty over Peter Magyar, as his pledge to continue key elements of Orban’s policies clashes with EU expectations. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Magyar and Brussels: Sovereignty Under Pressure

Peter Magyar was meant to clean Augias’ pigsty on Brussels’ orders. Unlike Heracles, however, he faced a harder task: to do so wit…

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