Europe’s Duty-Free Access Bankrolls Myanmar’s Military Repression
Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU's trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.
Politics
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Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival?
Militarism and ecological collapse are not separate emergencies — they are the same emergency, feeding each other in a spiral humanity cannot afford to ignore.
Washington’s Russia U-Turn Exposes the Real Logic of Sanctions
The easing of Russian oil restrictions amid the Iran crisis reveals sanctions as tools of power, not justice.
Jürgen Habermas Shaped the Postwar Order — His Death Must Not Mark Its End
The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended.
Let’s Admit It. Americans Are Not Like Us
The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests.
Liberal Democracy Depends on Social Rights
Democratic backsliding and rising social insecurity have gone hand in hand.
Iran May Become the Next Failed State — and Europe Will Pay the Price
The US-Israeli assault on Iran was launched mid-negotiation, without UN backing, making it more dangerous to international law than Iraq.
Extreme Inequality Created the World Jeffrey Epstein Exploited
The Epstein revelations are symptoms of a deeper crisis: a political economy that rewards extraction over creation and concentrates power in ever fewer hands.
Europe’s Centre-Left Chose Caution Over Conviction and Now Faces Collapse
Bold choices, not better messaging, are the only way to save Europe's centre-left from electoral extinction.
International Law’s Crisis of Faith: Double Standards from North to South
From Venezuela to Gaza, the selective application of international law by powerful states and their critics alike is draining the post-1945 order of its last reserves of legitimacy.
Spain and Norway Expose the Bankruptcy of Europe’s Iran Response
Europe's response to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran exposes a continent locked in dependency and struggling to find its voice.
Pensions, Housing, Jobs: One Fund to Fix Them All
A compulsory second-tier pension fund invested exclusively in social housing would tame rents, boost employment, and deliver stable retirement income.
Populism’s Real Target in Europe Is Not the Elite — It Is the Worker
Populist leaders promise to empower “the people” but systematically sideline the institutions through which workers actually exercise power.
The Iran War Has Nothing to Do with Nuclear Weapons
The assault on Iran defies every stated justification; the real motives point to democratic backsliding and personal enrichment.
Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation
The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.
European Sovereignty Demands a Social Foundation, Not a US Blueprint
A 'Draghi light' agenda of deregulation risks social repression — but a bolder path rooted in Europe's social democratic tradition offers a credible alternative.
Disorientation Is the Point: How Permanent Unpredictability Broke Democratic Politics
Chronic uncertainty does not mobilise democratic publics — it paralyses them, and that paralysis is itself a tool of power.