Interview with Renaud Girard first published in FigaroVox FIGAROVOX.- Today, the African continent is experiencing a population explosion and Europe is aging. Why not just…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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I watched the recent film Their Finest last weekend, with Bill Nighy and my favourite actress, Gemma Arterton, and very much enjoyed it. I am fascinated…
We hear a lot of talk about loyalty these days. And ‘loyalty’, the word, usually comes with positive connotations. That may well be appropriate when…
I am currently walking along Hadrian’s Wall with my family, and very exhausting it is (in a good way), where once an early version of…
The Wall Street Journal reports ($) that Germany and France are considering offering Turkey a ‘financial lifeline.’ Well, what a surprise. What this means, of course, is…
In the collective unconscious of the Czechs, throughout the second half of the twentieth century, the main enemy of their nation sat in Moscow. Two…
“I feel certain that the fort of selfishness and monopoly cannot be held for ever, and that the walls of privilege cannot through all time…
After failing to obtain the release of an American pastor unjustly imprisoned for twenty-two months in Turkey, the Trump administration imposed sanctions against the Islamic-nationalist…
Heaven knows, I am no supporter of Boris Johnson, but I wonder whether there may be issues – perhaps of less symbolic value – but…
In 1997, an article appeared in The Lancet, a medical journal, describing what was labelled Syndrome E. The ‘E’ stands for evil and the syndrome…
On 3 August, at the Kasumbalesa border crossing between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, former Zaire), an incident occurred. It was non-violent…
They say that the chances of a no-deal Brexit are rising. If there is one thing that these Brexit negotiations show it is the fundamental…