Vladimir Putin is a bully and a despot: Appeasing him overtly is certainly wrong. But Russia must be handled with cleverness and care and NATO,…
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A scant generation since committing the worst atrocities on European soil since the Holocaust, unrepentant Bosnian Serb leaders are on the secessionist warpath again. This…
The neo-fascist, anti-immigrant, Nazi-founded Sweden Democrats is rising in the polls while continuing its mendacious efforts to rebrand as ‘moderate’ nationalists – and ‘pro-Israel’ to…
For years, Bosnian Serb leader, separatist, autocrat and genocide denier Milorad Dodik has worked hard to discredit the post-war Bosnian state and demonize Muslim Bosniaks.…
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Conservative pilgrims to Orban’s Hungary, like Tucker Carlson and Rod Dreher, dream of a ‘Christian democracy’ in America, too. But their hug for Hungary’s illiberal…
Thanks to deft political pandering by Giorgia Meloni, leader of the fascist-friendly Brothers of Italy, anti-vaxxers now have a powerful political patron in the country…
Anti-vaxxers are now kingmakers in the country that suffered Europe’s second highest COVID death toll, thanks to deft political pandering by Giorgia Meloni, Brothers of…
The U.S. Congress pioneered recognition of Europe’s worst massacres since the Holocaust. Now, in the face of rising genocide denial from Serbs, the far right…
The Danish resistance saved Jews, but Denmark’s wartime authorities collaborated with the Nazis to send them to their deaths. Now, its government is condemning Syrian…
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China and Russia are embedding themselves in the Balkans; nationalism, authoritarianism and the anti-NATO camp are rising. But it’s not too late for Biden to…
The U.S. has slapped sanctions on Turkey. Europe is losing patience with Erdogan. Relations with Russia and Iran aren’t rosy, and Ankara shouldn’t count on…
Balkan states have poor infrastructure, endemic corruption, high debt, soaring unemployment rates, weak rule of law and occasional war-mongering. And China loves them Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Faced with a determined anti-Turkey alliance in the Mediterranean and beyond, and economic shambles, Erdogan’s grandiose, belligerent ambitions are struggling. But Ankara will double down,…
Timid, toothless warnings from Europe won’t stop Israel’s annexation – and a subsequent cascade of human rights abuses. It must act now Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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Jewish nationalists defending ‘Christian Europe’ and attacking ‘evil globalism’? For Benjamin Netanyahu and conspiratorial son Yair, the illiberal Islamophobic ethno-nationalism of Europe’s radical right is…
India’s recent discriminatory citizenship law has triggered rare censure from Europe, a close economic and strategic ally. How far will India’s foreign relations suffer as…
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