In today’s dynamic geopolitical landscape, narratives are everywhere, and it’s crucial to know who is behind them and why. It often comes in handy to have someone external to blame for stagnatio...
Lebanon’s president on Monday ordered troops to retaliate against the source of gunfire from the Syrian side of the border after a night of deadly clashes erupted along the frontier. The Lebanese Heal...
Modern liberalism often claims to champion feminism, but a closer look reveals a glaring contradiction: it only supports women’s rights when those rights align with its own narrow vision of what women...
In a world where geopolitical instability is increasing day by day, the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, finds itself in a worrying state of shortages and lack of capabilities. Germany, Europe...
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is often either dismissed as reckless or praised as revolutionary. Critics argue it’s an inconsistent theory that gives governments a free pass on money handouts. Bu...
Recently an keynsian style economic conference left me with some lingering questions about the discipline’s ability to grapple with the messy realities of politics, power, and human behavior. The open...
Recently, I ‘came across a video of Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right politician, bashing Al-Andalus—the period of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula. (https://youtu.be/b3cmclVKANk?si=OsL-b8Q...
Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and annexed Crimea in 2014. It meddled in Syria, prolonging Assad’s brutal rule. For over a decade, the United States urged Germany to increase its military spending. Ye...