What are the reasons for Donald Trump’s victory? What mistakes did the Democrats make? What will be the consequences of the U.S. presidential election for Europe and its strategic autonomy? And what strategy should liberals adopt against populists?
Donald Trump’s victory is a product of the Democratic establishment in America and the media and experts that support them. Despite the enormous campaign warning that democracy would end if Trump won, they did everything to hand him victory on a silver platter. Firstly, they clung to the hope that the infirm 81-year-old Joe Biden could collect his thoughts and lead a campaign.
What makes an ideology sexy? What does the liberal utopia look like? What does it mean to be a ‘good liberal’ politician, bureaucrat, or a think tank? And how to make liberalism sexy (again)?
Natural disasters have a remarkable ability to expose both the weaknesses of systems and the depths of human nature. The recent floods in Poland not only destroyed homes and infrastructure but also revealed something far more valuable: society’s ability to mobilize and provide aid on an unprecedented scale. In a digital age dominated by social media and technology, solidarity has found new channels of expression.
The 11th edition of Freedom Games held in mid-October in Lodz, Poland, gathered people from the world of culture, sports, business, and public life from Poland and abroad, as well as a wide audience.
What should we know about organized crime and corrupt rule of oligarchs in Slovakia? Should we be afraid of Slovak nationalism? And why do Slovaks dislike the West?
What influence the Catholic Church has on the Irish national identity? What was growing up in Catholic Ireland like? And how has the self-image of the Irish transformed over the years?
Why do identity politics matter? How not to fall into the identity trap? And what strategy should liberals employ to be successful?
What impact has populism on our democracies? What are the common misconceptions of China in the West? Are the views of Russia and geopolitics in general evolving? And what is the role of modern France in Europe?
War is male. Men decide on war, men manage war, men plan, conduct, and end wars. Men declare peace. In the world of war, a woman is an addition, a not very useful element, getting in the way, complicating things, getting emotional, crying, longing, being weak, being unnecessary, undermining the point of this masculine clash.
