T he suffix -cracy is derived from the Greek combining form -kratia, which comes from the Greek word kratos, meaning “power” or “rule.” Taken by itself, -cracy is not necessarily good or bad. The…
R ainy days started but hey, it’s Friday and Brussels offers a variety of ways to stay entertained and happy. Last weekend we enjoyed the visiting Brussels Gallery Weekend and exploring some of the…
T he Euromaidan protests in 2013 triggered a series of events which led to the deterioation of EU-Russia relations. A look into three parameters of the relationship: narrative, power and the future
November 2017 will…
T here is not only a clash among civilisations. There is a clash within the West: between the elites and the people, between globalists and the nationalists, between universalists and localists.
It has its…
G ermany’s main political parties have no new ideas about the country’s role in Europe and don’t even debate reforms at home.
During Germany’s 2005 federal election campaign, then opposition leader Angela Merkel had ambitious…
T he narratives provided by at least one hundred Hungarian news outlets are now under the complete political control of Minister of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office Antal Rogán and Árpád Habony, the Prime…
T urkey’s missile defence dilemma has continued for a while. Recent reports confirm that Turkey has agreed to purchase Russian air and missile defence system, the S-400 Triumph. The deal is worth $2.5billion under…
W ith at least eight public visits to the Kremlin in the last five years, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a frequent guest in Moscow.
Netanyahu’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi…
O n Saturday, I joined a one-day symbolic hunger strike in Stockholm alongside dozens of other Iranians living in European countries.
Our aim was to draw urgent international attention to the plight of numerous…
I t could hardly have been a more startling contrast: just a few weeks apart, new French President Emmanuel Macron was lauded first by Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, and then by his strongest supporters.
The…