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Politico – EU leaders to double down on deregulation drive

October 14, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Von Der Leyen brought in a bunch of reforms to make Europe more ‘competitive’, and now wants to unwind a lot of that to…make Europe more ‘competitive’. That’s the level of political leadership in Brussels […]

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Mark Episkopos – Europe’s latest seized Russian  asset scheme is as dumb as ever

October 7, 2025 Ben Wray 1

European leaders have a penchant for self-harm when it comes to the Ukraine war: everything they do comes back at them like a boomerang. Mark Episkopos is a Eurasia Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute […]

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Lily Lynch – False Choice?

October 7, 2025 Ben Wray 0

On Moldova’s election. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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‘The West demanded that we get involved in war with Russia’: Interview w/ Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili

September 30, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The European Union wants Georgia to be a client state, but Georgians appear to have other ideas. Interview by Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was […]

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William Thomson, Dirk Ehnts – Should an independent Scotland adopt the EU fiscal rules?

September 17, 2025 Ben Wray 0

An independent Scotland would likely start life with a substantial public deficit so adopting the EU’s fiscal rules would mean austerity. William Thomson is a political economist and has worked for almost a decade in […]

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Eldar Mamedov – Kaja Kallas’ shocking lack of historical literacy

September 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The EU’s foreign affairs chief proves that ignorance is no barrier to career success in Brussels. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft […]

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EuroNews – EU defends sovereign right to regulate tech against Trump’s latest tariff threat

August 26, 2025 Ben Wray 0

After capitulating to Trump, did the European Commission really thing it would end there. The trade deal was agreed a month ago and The Donald is already back for more. Read the article HERE.

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David Broder – The Trump–Putin Talks Blindsided European Leaders

August 18, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘This summer, European states hiked military spending and swallowed a poor trade deal in order to win favor with Donald Trump. Yet the US president’s negotiations with Vladimir Putin all but ignored their proposals.’ In […]

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Politico – EU staff revolt over Gaza stance

August 12, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘A growing number of staff argue that the bloc’s failure to exert pressure on Israel while it’s accused of committing war crimes in Gaza makes it impossible for them to perform their duties without breaching […]

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Politico – Commission ‘surprised’ by German criticism of EU-US trade deal

August 5, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Even the German government is throwing the Commission under the bus, even though the deal was almost certainly only agreed to on behalf of German capital. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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