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High voter turnout can indicate a desire for change but may also signal unease about democracy, as seen in recent elections in Germany and Hungary, raising important questions.
Christopher Nolan's interview in Beijing highlights contrasting attitudes toward greatness, as Chinese scholars embrace Western classics while the West grapples with apologizing…
The article discusses how vocal minorities can influence societal norms, highlighting the example of religious practices dominating in environments where they are not the…
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In a recent interview, Elon Musk defended his influence on democracy, suggesting that many people support him while criticizing the mainstream media's role in shaping public…
During the ninth World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Macron noted the resurgence of capital punishment globally, amid debates in France following shocking murders and…
This is a number that immediately caught my eye: According to a count of the official tournament squads, ninety-nine players at this World Cup were born in France.
Germany is facing increasing chaos, with trains frequently late and basic infrastructure failing, leading voters to seek nationalism not for ideology, but for a return to…
As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, discussions arise about the potential end of the American century, a theme revisited throughout history amid evolving global dynamics.
As global displacement declines for the first time in a decade, many refugees, particularly Syrians, are remigrating home, while Germany's naturalization rates continue to…
The continent keeps trying to manufacture loyalty with forms and exams. It has forgotten that its own order is a culture, not a machine.
In 1969, Switzerland’s Beznau plant went online after roughly four years of construction. France built its nuclear fleet in the 1970s on a similar schedule.
We live in a world of daily miracles: Walk up to an automated teller machine almost anywhere in the world, insert a card, type four digits, and a small mechanism dispenses…
The four-and-a-half-hour interview that Björn Höcke, the AfD leader in Thuringia and enfant terrible of German domestic politics, gave to the German podcaster Ben Berndt…
There is a parlour game popular among European commentators that consists of arguing whether the United States is doomed.
In recent weeks, I keep coming across new items that need constant double-checking, because they are so absurd that at first glance they appear made up.
A lot will be written about the end of the era of Orbán in Hungary, so allow me to add a bit of a meta perspective.
I usually do not write about my home country, Austria, but today I want to make an exception.
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to address members of the European Parliament.
Last Sunday was supposed to settle the question of whether Europe's populist right can govern, and instead it sharpened a different one: Whether the establishment can keep…
The Western public has been conditioned to think of energy crises in terms of petrol prices and heating bills.
Within seventy-two hours of Operation Epic Fury, the joint US-Israeli strike on Iran, Tehran had retaliated across the entire Persian Gulf.
On Tuesday evening, Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union Address in American history in his usual style: Approximately one hour and 48 minutes of superlatives,…
In 2002 Fox aired one season of a remarkably entertaining science fiction show created by Joss Whedon.
Donald Trump and his administration have a problem: As I have outlined elsewhere, I think that the United States is pursuing a strategic foreign policy – often called the…
Real political change tends to have more than one cause, and although it has become somewhat fashionable to reduce everything to a single issue – whether it is the economy,…
The crisis in liberal democracies is not just about inflation, migration, or polarisation.
The world did not end in a mushroom cloud or a clash of grand ideologies.
Across the Western world, a troubling pattern has emerged: Historical memory is being weaponised against democratic preferences.
At first glance, a headline about the University of Mainz removing french fries from its cafeteria menu seems trivial.
