National Politics
Aurelien: Another Country
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Economics
Aurelien – Being Non-Transactional
Governments now have no idea how to harness the essential decency of ordinary people to work together, and not even a language to talk about doing so. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack Once upon a time, […]
EU politics
Aurelien – Playing with Politics
Everything is permitted but nothing is possible. As with anyone who writes regularly, ideas for essays strike me in different ways, at different times. Sometimes, I see coverage of a contemporary event or issue in […]
EU politics
Aurelien – Trying to Understand the World
Why would anyone want to defend Europe? And so, by common consent, Europe faces its gravest collective political crisis since 1945. And so, by equally common consent, its political class has never been so weak […]
Geopolitics
Aurelien: All About Aid
Well, probably more than you wanted to know, anyway. Read HERE
Geopolitics
Aurelien – What We Talk About, When We Talk About Talks
Europe, but also the United States, are now being forced to confront a reality they have denied for years and the outcome will not be nice Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack With impeccable timing, the new […]
Geopolitics
Aurelien – Stories We Tell Each Other
Because contingency frightens us Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack Imagine the scene if you will. The Reichstag buzzing with excitement and decked with flags, the brown-uniformed Party functionaries straining for a glimpse of their leader. A […]
EU politics
Aurelien – Stone, Scissors, Paper
Or, Europe after Ukraine Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack I’ve written several times about how the Ukraine war might end, and what might follow it. I’ve covered the inability of the West to understand what is […]
EU politics
Aurelien – The Curse Of Zhou Bai Den
Masochism for fun and profit. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack You won’t be surprised to learn that the French media have been consumed for the last month or so by the coming to power of Donald […]
Geopolitics
Aurelien – When Ukraine Is Over …
How will they turn out the lights? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack Over the last eighteen months, I have produced a couple of essays on the question of how the war in Ukraine might “end.” I’ve […]