Europe

Will British general election campaigns ever be the same again after the Covid-19 pandemic? And will the Conservatives be the long-term beneficiaries of the crisis? Since time immemorial, Labour’s strongest…

Living in an area represented by the Conservatives is a privilege but not a common experience in the East of London. Where I live in Hornchurch and Upminster, we are…

Now that Labour has a new leader, who for all his faults is decidedly less radical than his predecessor (and is a professing Zionist married to a Jewish woman), I’d…

Despite becoming a member of the European Union and NATO, Croatia is still a country in social, political and economic transition. Unfortunately for the younger generation, the transition from a…

 There can be no question that Covid-19 is changing the world and each individual nation that has been afflicted. No-one knows for certain of how and when the pandemic will…

Politicians, experts, pundits and members of our households are all engaged in a lively discussion over the cause, the course, the potential consequences of this modern-day plague, as well as…

On 27 March 2020, almost thirty years after Macedonia declared independence in 1991, NATO welcomed its 30th member into the transatlantic family. The reason for this accession is the fact…

It is a mistake to suggest that populism is an all-encompassing political creed and that it will automatically join with the forces of authoritarianism to permanently extend state power.  To…

In Ireland, the outbreak of the Coronavirus has resulted in similar government measures to those which have been adopted throughout the world. Emergency government powers have been granted, government spending…

We are flying blind. We are like a pilot at the controls of a plane with no instruments, no radar and only thick cloud for company. Is that a mountain…