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Scholz’s Politics are Lacking in Consideration for Europe as a Whole
Germany is currently struggling with its own crises and does not seem too interested in leading or even setting itself as an example for the rest of Europe, says Milan Nič in conversation with Robert…
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Orbán Is All About Cash
Michael Ignatieff, former Rector of Central European University in Budapest, author and former Canadian politician, on how Viktor Orbán rose to the top of the Conservative International and created a…
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The New Silk Road in the Shadow of War
While the war in Ukraine has brought China and Russia closer together, deepening the asymmetry between these powers to Moscow’s disadvantage, the implications of the conflict for China’s flagship…
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Wake up, Europe, to what World We Are in!
Europe still has enormous soft power. It’s one of our problems – says Timothy Garton Ash in an interview with Aleksander Kaczorowski.
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Russia Is No Upper Volta With Nuclear Weapons
MEP Alexandr Vondra is unequivocally in favour of helping Ukraine and its admission to NATO and the European Union, but only when the war is over. He is convinced that the Union will turn to the…
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Elections in Slovakia, or Russian roulette
Rastislav Káčer analyzes the future results of the upcoming elections in Slovakia and disseminates the biggest potential threats to the Slovak Republic. He compares the fatalistic mood of Mečiar´s…
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Butler Britain. How the UK Helps Oligarchs and Kleptocrats
The Kremlin is deeply connected to the western financial system, and Russia and its elites were able to spend money and benefit from offshore accounts freely. All of that was done with the help of…
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Czecho-Slovakia, a country divided thirty years ago for nothing
On Saturday January 21st, 2023 I voluntarily headed to Forum Karlín – a concert hall situated right next to “Havel-friendly“ publishing house Economia – both as a journalist and,…
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Kazakhstan and the West: a strategic opportunity
Kazakhstan is a country of great strategic significance that is often overlooked. Recently, despite close relations with Putin’s Russia, it has succeeded in standing apart and above the fray. The…
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Xi and a Closed China
China has undergone profound changes during the past ten years. The time is gone when the “world’s factory” was preparing for the 2008 Olympics and its appearance as a new major global power on the…
