Gabriel Attal – Portrait d’une ambition
L’hiver semblait porter une chaleur et un élan. Au début du mois de janvier 2024, Élisabeth Borne, à la tête d’un gouvernement déjà vieux...
Big Brother Goes Brussels: Why the EU’s Chat Control Should Scare You
“But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up...
Gaza – The End of the Rules-Based Order
The current post-World War II global order is on the brink of collapse as our society is faced with an unprecedented number of horrific,...
A Realist’s Perspective on the Austrian Neutrality Discourse
Since the day Russian soldiers crossed the border into Ukraine, Austria’s neutrality has once again transformed into a highly controversial political topic. Given the...
Fought but Unnamed
Today, politicians rarely refer to military conflicts they start as “war”, often using less direct terms. The reasons for this lie in the foundations...
The Illusion of Trump’s Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
If Alfred Nobel could witness the modern world’s scramble for his Peace Prize, how would he react? Among the loudest claimants is Donald Trump,...
Is the West (and Austria) in Breach of the Genocide Convention?
Since 7 October, 2023, the Israeli government has received immense financial, military, diplomatic, and political support from many Western powers. The Austrian Government especially...
Sins of the Past and Problems of the Present: Poland’s Security Dilemma and Germany’s...
Since President Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration, Europe has been in a quagmire. Most European nations had previously defunded or minimised their armies, relying...
Putin’s Hope for European Decadence
Russian intellectual elites have long engaged with the idea that Europe finds itself in a state of moral and cultural decline, which they project...
Stereotypes and Reality
Putin’s Perspective vs. Western Views
On February 24, 2022, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops began. This event brought an incredible amount of...
