The Geopolitics of Corruption and How It Is Used? December 4, 2025 We have often argued that the “selfish nature of man” is the greatest contribution of political realism to the theory of international relations. This…
A “tsunami” of new poor people sweeps through Germany November 27, 2025 The latest government report on homelessness in Germany has caused great concern. Published at the beginning of the year, it showed that 531,600 people…
Two member countries, Hungary and Slovakia, reject the EU peace plan November 27, 2025 Hungary will block all forms of European aid to Ukraine. The Hungarian government officially informed the European Commission that Hungary will block all forms…
Is NATO also acting as a factor of instability? November 27, 2025 Zelensky’s calls for security guarantees from NATO, or even for direct military involvement in Ukraine, bring into sharp focus fundamental questions about the role…
Greece and the Balkan countries will become increasingly dependent on China November 13, 2025 Greece is now at the center of an invisible geopolitical game between the United States and China. Greece is evolving into a “new battlefield”…
IMF to EU: Reduce spending on health, education and abolish benefits, otherwise bankruptcy November 13, 2025 Europe’s soaring public debt levels should prompt governments to rethink their role in delivering essential services to EU citizens, according to the International Monetary…
The authoritarian EU that eliminates journalistic voices when they don’t like their questions November 13, 2025 In Italy, Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziati, a correspondent for the Italian agency Agenzia Nova in Brussels, asks at a European Commission press conference: “If…
How did D66 and Rob Yetten end up running for government in the Netherlands? October 30, 2025 The D66 party, led by Rob Yetten, presented its new election manifesto, Het kan wél (“Yes we can”), only at the beginning of September,…
Inflation is slowly and painfully killing the middle-income class October 23, 2025 In a speech in July, Harvard University professor Gregory Mankiw laid out with brutal honesty what needs to happen to end the unsustainable accumulation…