End of An Era
The Battleground’s Summer Books List
“No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)
The Battleground’s Summer Books List
“No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)
Dining With Marine Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron’s stump speech in Strasbourg last week was a blast from the past.(...)
Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge, by Christopher Smith
If the war in Ukraine has taught us anything, it’s that really good henchman are hard to find.(...)
Aftershocks, by Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has buried hopes the world might be ending its morbid embrace of COVID-19.(...)
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.(...)
Montenegrins Petition the European Commission
Serbian Nationalist Threats
A few days ago, Montenegro’s Democratic Front (DF) issued its most significant threat to date to their partners in the ruling coalition.(...)
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:(...)
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. (...)
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.(...)