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The AfD won big, the rest needs to draw…

As the election results trickle in from Thüringen (Thuringia) and Sachsen (Saxony), two things are certain. One is that the political discourse of the...
Arrigo Mazzi
3 min read

Georgia’s Strategic Retreat: Balancing National Interests and Western Disapproval

In the complex chessboard of geopolitics, Georgia has long been a crucial piece, strategically situated between Russia and the West. Over the past decade,...
Ana Richter
4 min read

Equality in gender – equality in corruption?

Ursula von der Leyen is facing an apparently difficult task as she is trying to finalise the composition of the next European Commission, as...
Ana Richter
4 min read

A Danish solution to methane emissions: tax on livestock

Denmark certainly made it to the headlines when it decided to implement a carbon tax on livestock, pushing the gassy cows and pigs in...
Arrigo Mazzi
4 min read

A Maverick Historian with Unorthodox Thoughts

Emmanuel Todd, the Cambridge-educated French philosopher-historian-sociologist-political scientist is known for his “controversial” or “unorthodox views”. Not completely unfounded thoughts, though, as his 1976 prediction...
Ana Richter
5 min read

Carles “Robin Hood” Puigdemont’s cat and mouse game with…

Like a modern-day Robin Hood, an outlaw defying authorities, embodying public dissatisfaction with unfair and tyrannical laws. Exiled ex-Catalan separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont’s quick...
Arrigo Mazzi
3 min read

A vote for a stronger European Parliament

All the talk about the “democracy deficit” of the EU is nothing new. In fact, it started in the late ‘70s and has been...
Leslie Zelinka
3 min read

How to lose peace in 10 days

The immediate cause of the events was a horrible knife attack in the picturesque seaside town of Southport (Merseyside, England). Three young girls were...
Ana Richter
3 min read

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