Joel Schalit / 12 Aug 2019
Minister of Hate
Salvini’s Scapegoat Strategy
“Zingaraccia.” Repeated ad nauseum as though it were a mantra, the racist slang (Fucking Gypsy) has become an integral part of Matteo Salvini’s brand.(...)
Russia
Anna Ahronheim / 24 Jul 2019
Letting Go of Turkey
Why The West Failed
It could have changed Europe. Negotiating to join the EU since 2005, Turkey's aspirations, though still a government priority, could not be further from reality today.(...)
Anna Ahronheim / 12 Jul 2019
The Russian Middle East
Moscow Takes Over From Washington
Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia is back. Not as an economic power. Western sanctions have seen to that. But as a military power.(...)
The Battleground / 05 Jul 2019
The Appeal of Victory
Italy’s Strongman Complex: The Brando Benifei Interview
Salvini is always the winner. Peruse most major news media on the 2019 EU elections, and when you hit Italy, it’s always the case.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 03 Jul 2019
To Hell With Europe
Trump and American Hostility
Watching American news coverage of the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka last weekend, you could forgive audiences in the United States for thinking there were no Europeans represented.(...)
The Battleground / 10 May 2019
The God That Survived
Identity Politics in ex-Soviet Europe
Few areas of news coverage are as new to religion as it is to Europe. Particularly for journalists from the United States and the Middle East, where faith and politics are ineluctably intertwined.(...)
Josh White / 15 Apr 2019
What Should Britain Do?
America Versus Julian Assange
The UK should resist the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. But what should be done about the sexual assault claims in Sweden?(...)
The Battleground / 12 Apr 2019
Europe at War
The Battleground, in Conversation with Anna Ahronheim
Anna Ahronheim is the defence correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, Israel’s oldest English-language daily. Following the Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria, which raised over 8 billion euros in aid pledges, The Battleground spoke to Ahronheim about what didn’t get tabled at the event: European military involvement in the Middle East.(...)
Josh White / 08 Apr 2019
Getting Russia Wrong
It’s Not All About Putin
Shell-shocked by the Trump victory, European leaders have been captivated by the Mueller investigation into claims of Russian collusion. It should be no surprise that the report fell short of expectations.(...)
Henrietta Foster / 27 Mar 2019
No Going Back
Keith Gessen’s A Terrible Country
Keith Gessen’s A Terrible Country is based on a year he spent in Moscow looking after his elderly grandmother who was suffering from dementia. It is a remarkable and absorbing book that charts the author’s complicated relationship with all things Russian.(...)