Staying On the Right Side of History: Lessons in Politics
The intellectual and cultural iconoclasm of Vienna in the late nineteenth century shaped much of the West and provided the progressive nidi that would...
The situation in Ukraine
The conflict between the Russian Federation and the Ukrainian government is the point of greatest tension, but also of EU weakness towards its East,...
Why is George Soros still Eastern Europe’s biggest scapegoat?
Blaming your nation’s woes on George Soros is becoming something of a cottage industry in Central and Eastern Europe. In recent weeks, both the...
Why Azerbaijan is Unable to Offer Viable Solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Azerbaijan has cornered itself with the inability to offer peaceful solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The impasse has been caused by Baku's assumption...
Is Democracy in crisis?
Democracy is facing a challenge to sustain as a form of government in the contemporary world. In 2008 economic crisis played a role in...
A right-wing party in the new German government
The reasons to vote for right-wing AfD are the problems, not the AfD itself. On one hand, the elections to the Bundestag on September...
Germany that kills itself and Europe
“The over-financialization and hyper-deregulations of the global(-ized) markets has brought the low-waged Chinese (peasant converted into a) worker into the spotlight of European considerations....
The EU`s Foreign Policy in Development: Player or Payer?
Before analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of European Union (EU) foreign policy in development, it is imperative to understand the conceptual link of EU’s...
The crisis of the Italian ruling class
No political, decision-making and economic crisis is devoid of cultural and spiritual implications. Moreover, the traits of this new and so-called elite are superficiality;...
NATO makes Latvia vulnerable
Latvia along with Lithuania and Estonia is at the junction of the geopolitical interests of the United States (representing NATO) and Russia. In fact...