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Britain’s leadership crisis is a symptom, not the disease
Andy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street No. 10 may buy the Labour Party time. But Britain’s political crisis runs far deeper than personalities, campaign skills or messaging strategies. The question…
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Mental health and rare diseases: a hidden co-morbidity
In the EU, mental ill health affects more than one in six people in any given year. In many cases,…
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Turkey’s Influence, Iran’s Concerns, and EU Inaction
The disbandment of the Artsakh Defense Army, coupled with concerns about the possibility of ethnic cleansing and genocide, led to…
The Rise of the Other Asia
China’s reopening after the pandemic is not the reason. Russia’s war in Ukraine is – as well as China’s meltdown.…
Europe’s Conspiracy Politics
The distrust of appearances and official versions was further enhanced by the Watergate scandal in 1973-4. Conspiracies and urban legends…
A stronger fourth estate is non-negotiable for European democracies
Across Europe, the free press is not just being threatened by governments and bad actors with deep pockets. The fast-paced…
Growing role of the “Ukraine factor” in US Politics
I mean, you can’t really say exactly what you’re going to do. But I would say certain things to Putin.…
Gordon Brown Gives Free Pass to West’s Biggest Polluters – Europe Should Ignore Him
It so happens that he has made lucrative earnings in these very countries: six figures for speaking engagements across North…
Russel Brand’s #MenToo Moment
Moreover, in an egregious violation of every tenet of democracy, a committee of the British parliament, no less, has contacted…