Europe

During the migration crisis of 2015, Sweden welcomed 163,000 asylum-seekers, of which a majority was believed to be from civil war-struck Syria, yet not even a third claimed to come…

David Starkey and Don Cherry may not appear to have much in common — one is a popular British constitutional historian, the other a Canadian hockey coach-turned-television commentator — and…

Even today, 75 years after the end of World War II, there are Jews and Israelis who, when they mention the word “gas,” move uncomfortably. After all, gas is one…

The release of the much anticipated ‘Russia Report’ by the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was met with a rather flat response. There was no smoking gun linking…

I do not know about you, but it occurred to me back in March that there were two viruses gripping the country. One had inserted itself via the usual methods…

Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first term is about to end. According to our constitutional system, the President is the Commander-in-Chief who – in accordance with the government – is also…

The Western Balkans, have long been described by historians, diplomats, and political analysts as the “powder keg of Europe” – a region often on the periphery of mainstream European political…

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The Great Depression was, until the Covid-19 crisis, the biggest economic shock to damage the world in modern history. Output fell 5 per cent in the UK, 20 per cent…

When a German professor gave a lecture in Regensburg, he had no idea that his speech would shake the world. Riots would break out; Christian churches would be attacked. That…