Sam Vaknin
Germany and Russia Both Suppress Freedom of Political Speech
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) From the very inception of the war in Ukraine, I have been a vocal…
The Merits of Inflation in Europe (Part 3)
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) To tame inflationary pressures in the long run, Europe should focus on remedying structural…
The Merits of Inflation in Europe (Part 2)
Still, the absolute level of inflation may be less important than its volatility. Inflation targeting - the latest…
The Merits of Inflation in Europe (Part 1)
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Headline inflation fell from 7% in April to an annually adjusted 6.1% in May,…
Europe’s Refugees and Immigrants Fatigue
Europe is focusing its efforts, such as they are, on defensive “security”. There is no real, coordinated, strategic…
Digital Euro: Europe’s Next Folly
The European Commission embraced the idea with great enthusiasm and in an atypical display of alacrity it vowed…
Meta vs. EU: Battle of the Gaslighters
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has just overruled a decision by the Irish Data…
Russia’s Tanking Economy: Sanctions Begin to Bite?
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) A mere four months into 2023, Russia’s entire forecast annual budget deficit is used…
European Banking Union in Crisis: Why EDIS is a Bad Idea
As far as banking goes, the European Union is a heterogenous area with weaker, more vulnerable financial systems…
The Future of OSCE: Six Pillars
Osmani himself is uniquely qualified to do exactly that: he is a member of the Albanian minority in…
The Second Iron Curtain
The long-suffering denizens of the USSR and its East European satellites loathed the moribund system they inhabited and…
Why EU Should Ban ChatGPT
Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence agent that is based on a large language…
Russia’s Useful Fools
Increasingly, useful fools proliferate in the West: Journalists, businessmen, public intellectuals, academics, politicians, conspiracy theorists, and lobbyists, some…
Ukraine’s PTSD Epidemic: Time to Prepare is NOW
The traumatic reaction can be delayed: it is a slow-acting poison. In children, it affects personal development. Most…
Russia and Its Allies Abuse the Interpol, Extradition: A Possible Way Out
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The proposal by the UK and Ukraine to suspend Russia or even expel it…