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Walking around the European Quarter in August makes you feel like you are in the opening scene of the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later.
Since world affairs took a sharp turn back towards great power competition – particularly after Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 – we have become used to…
History is a harsh mistress, especially for those who refuse to learn lessons from the past.
They can look like Michael Jackson’s Moonwalking Dead in his Thriller video, and seem about as relevant.
When Brexit occurred it was obviously quite the shock to all. The UK lurched into uncharted territory. There was a sense of all bets are off and anything could happen.
The recent gathering of diplomats hosted by Saudi Arabia in Jeddah was a notable event – at least in size and participation, if not outcomes.
Pope Francis’s tenure has proven controversial: many criticise him for being too liberal and undermining traditional Catholic doctrine.
In the early days of the civil war in (now former) Yugoslavia during the 1990s, the late Jacques Poos said that this crisis will be “the hour of Europe not the…
Even in the darkest depths of war there has always been, in all ages, some faint hope of peace.
According to Robert Habeck, the Green Minister of Economic Affairs, Germany has to prepare for five tough years.
The Ukraine war hit its 520th day of bloodshed and mayhem on July 28 as the EU Parliament and most other EU institutions broke up for their summer recess.
The recent death of John Brierley, who through his guidebooks became a Camino de Santiago institution, reminded me about the various, intriguing ways in which the…
It’s rare that you meet someone who finds space exploration boring.
One of the most significant events of the war took place last week – in the least-known corner of Ukraine.
It is clearly bad for any country when its government strays into the realms of delusion.
That loud noise you hear may be the sound of the Net Zero agenda crashing.
You are perfectly free and entitled to run full speed and headfirst into a brick wall. It is not illegal.
It was odd to say the least that when asked about the scandal surrounding the failed appointment of a US citizen to the post of top European Commission economist,…
It is the very nature of reality to always reassert itself.
Sweden’s main enemy for most of its history has been Russia. In the period between the 1400s and 1809, the two countries fought 11 wars against each other.
The current drive for European museums to return artefacts to their countries of origin shows no sign of losing its righteous momentum (as with most of today’s…
In Vilnius last week the centre-stage was taken by the mini-drama over Ukraine’s future NATO prospects – and by President Zelensky’s quite extraordinary Twitter…
“Men are essentially what they hide: a miserable little pile of secrets”, wrote the much married and mistressed André Malraux.
I ran into a large gathering of merry Flemings having a street party not far from the European Quarter, the heart of the EU’s machinery of power in Brussels.
The disappointment of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy was palpable: “It seems there is no readiness neither to invite Ukraine to NATO nor to make it a member of…
Paul Coleman serves as executive director of ADF International (Alliance Defending Freedom) from its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
As more milestones come and go – the NATO summit, the 500th day of war – it is worth reflecting on the remarkable expansion and growing strength of the largest…
There is a difference between a trigger and a reason: The Arab Spring in 2011 was triggered by the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself on fire…
Mohammed*, my 40-year-old Moroccan greengrocer, whose small busy shop in a quiet street in central Paris serves as an informal club for the entire neighbourhood,…
The Left in Europe is experiencing a serious wobbly moment.
