Ruslan Trad / 22 Nov 2021
New Regime Needed
Bulgaria’s COVID Crisis
One would think that the political crisis, the lack of government, and the third consecutive parliamentary election in a year are hard enough situations for Bulgaria.(...)
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John Foster / 01 Oct 2021
The Market or Else
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, by Adam Tooze
In Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, Adam Tooze cites a fund manager’s assessment of the difficulties facing traders when the pandemic blew up in March 2020:(...)
John Foster / 30 Jul 2021
The World Neoliberalism Made
Empire of Democracy, by Simon Reid-Henry
We are living in an era of challenges to liberal democracy that would have been comprehensible to previous generations. (...)
Joel Schalit / 21 Jul 2021
Hungary and the Jews
The Orbán-Pegasus Problem
“We work closely with Israeli media. If there’s anything you need from Hungary, don’t be afraid to ask,” the young woman informed me.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 20 Jan 2021
The EU Handbook for Fighting Antisemitism
Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East
It is not news that the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism is considered problematic by many.(...)
Josh White / 04 Jan 2021
The Meaning of Brexit
Bonfire of National Illusions
I keep trying to forget about Brexit, but the Leavers won’t let us. Brexiteers are triumphant, though not all of them feel so victorious – despite getting almost everything they wanted. At least the Tories will have to own this failure.(...)
The Battleground / 07 Dec 2020
Brexit and Racism
The Antisemitic Elements
Nationalism is a synonym for prejudice. It's a throwback to a time when citizenship was equivalent to ethnicity. If you look different or speak a language that's hard to understand, you must surely come from somewhere else.(...)
Josh White / 29 Nov 2020
New Tory Role Model
Britain Goes Hungary
The British right hoped it could ‘remake’ Britain through Brexit. Though its hopes have been exposed as dangerous fantasies, the Tories remain hooked on disaster nationalism.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 29 Oct 2020
New Irish Europe
Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death
A Hero’s Death is like a favourite shirt, the sort that makes you feel better about your place in the world just by putting it on.(...)
John Foster / 16 Oct 2020
Democracy in Crisis
Habermas Against the Fascists
As far as philosophers go, few qualify for the household name category in Germany more than 91-year-old Jürgen Habermas.(...)