A look back: how bureaucrats halted China
The American historian Edward Dreyer writes that China’s great naval expeditions ended at the initiative of Confucian officials wh…
Le Pen’s movement stalls at the gates of the big cities
France’s municipal elections have shed new light on the political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential race, with the old mast…
When Bible verses end up in court
For years, proceedings in Finland targeted former interior minister Päivi Räsänen over her Christian views on marriage and homosex…
The end of social democracy
Germany’s SPD, once a pillar of the labour movement, is losing support. Workers are drifting to the AfD, younger voters to the Gre…
Chuck Norris, actor and martial arts master, dies
The family announced on Instagram that he passed away suddenly, surrounded by his loved ones. He had just celebrated his 86th birt…
EU imposes gender ideology on member states
Documents by gender identity, not biological sex. This is the verdict of the Court of Justice of the EU in the case of a Bulgarian…
Time to rehabilitate Russian gas in Europe?
Europe’s elites are beginning to realise that a trap years in the making is tightening around them. The continent long believed it…
Free speech is not for wimps
‘No one has the right to obey,’ the great philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote. It is far easier to remain silent and blend into t…
Paul R. Ehrlich – architect of demographic doom
Paul Ehrlich, the influential and controversial population theorist, has died at 93. His fears of an overpopulated world led gover…
Fewer church members do not mean fewer Christians
Every year Germany’s Catholic Church and Protestant churches publish new figures showing membership losses. The numbers make headl…
The submission of the Church of England
As Islam grows in Britain and Anglican attendance declines, the Church of England faces mounting questions over its identity. Divi…
Antisemitism is (again) a part of Germany
For years it was the ultimate taboo in Germany but mass migration from the Islamic world and the far-left mean that hostility and …
The liberal dilemma in German politics
Friedrich Merz says Germany’s liberal FDP is losing relevance after a humiliating defeat at the federal level. In a political land…
Energy crisis could play into Moscow’s hands
The energy market is under growing strain. Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices are increasing the importance …
The end of the liberal illusion
The American liberal order is collapsing. If the West is to endure, it must seek not salvation in utopia but a sober revision of i…