Tag Archives: Politics & Society

Putin’s Russia and France’s Far Right In many of his books, pop histories whose conclusions have been vigorously contested by academic historians, Zemmour displays a famously juvenile fandom of Napoleon and promotes an imperial conception of power. In 2018, he said that he dreams of a French Vladimir Putin, a man who “takes a country that was an empire, that could have been a great power, and tries to restore it.” He also wrote in his 2016 book that...

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Brave Russian TV reporter .[embedded content] Courage is not anything very common, and the value we put on it is a witness to its rarity. Courage is a capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step back, but stand up for one’s rights not to be humiliated or abused in any ways by the rich and powerful. Courage is to do the right thing in spite of danger and fear. To keep on even if opportunities to turn back are given....

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Time for a cut-off from Russian energy imports If the German government were to stop Russian energy imports, the German economy would be able to adapt to the new situation. This is shown in a recent study by the research team led by economists Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick and Prof. Dr. Moritz Kuhn … The researchers analyzed the potential economic impact of a cut-off from Russian energy imports. The result: The consequences would be substantial, but...

Förnuft och frihet — samhällsbyggets hörnstenar Sommar i P1 är en ärevördig tradition i svensk radio. Redan som barn brukade yours truly tillbringa långa sommardagar med att ligga på Ribban i Malmö eller vid Luhrsjön i Hästveda och lyssna med medhavd transistorradio. Tyvärr har programmet med åren genomgått samma utveckling som public service i stort — bra har blivit dåligt, dåligt har blivit sämre, och sämre har blivit ren skit. Visst glimmar det till...

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