Tag: Volume XVII Issue 2
A Firewall Is Not a Betrayal of Democracy – It Is Its Essence
A firewall can be considered the categorical imperative of all those who call themselves democrats. While this is very pointed, it carries a serious...
From Europe’s Idyll to Europe’s Delirium: A Tale of Economic Stagnation
Europe has achieved great things. Leaving behind a history of violence and war, the continent and its foremost representative, the European Union (EU), has...
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...
Protecting power, not principles: How firewalls erode democracy
In some Western democratic countries, so-called “firewalls” have become a common tool in politics for coping with certain political actors such as the Alternative...
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...
