The West: one, great and alone
By invading Ukraine Vladimir Putin has reactivated not only NATO but the idea of the West as a whole.
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The European reading of a fragmented France
Extract: France is one of the core countries of the EU. Its domestic fragmentation may thus have an impact on the EU’s future course.
The humiliation of Russia, a factor of Western division
Despite the apparently united front, there is a growing split in the West, and especially in Europe, towards Russia and the war in Ukraine.
The depletion of the middle class
A trend characteristic of our times is the hollowing out of the middle class, globally and especially in the Western industrialised world.
Culture: single and hybrid
The hybrid, or single, culture is not something involving only humans, but rather humans and machines.
More Europe, more dependent on the US
Europe has made significant progress in recent times in its unification and capabilities while simultaneously lashing itself tighter to the US might.
A cold 20 January 2025
The leaders of the three big countries in the world, there may be only two left in power for a new world order and reconstruction of Ukraine.
The war and the rest of the world
The rest of the world, with some global and regional actors, is not merely an spectator in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The greater Europe that might have been and the one that, unfortunately, could be in prospect
If Putin’s Russia gets its way with the invasion of Ukraine, a new cold war is in prospect. Europe could have turned out otherwise a project of everyone.
Will Web3 save liberal democracy?
Will Web3 strengthen free democracy because of its decentralisation and anonymity of its users?
China’s stance on Ukraine: preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific
China has adopted a complex stance on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine due to its own economic interests.
Putin wins and loses: towards a new European order?
Putin is winning with the political-military dispute he is pursuing in Ukraine, while also losing in other respects.