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A Controlled Compression Manifesto
26-04-2026, 12:36

A Controlled Compression Manifesto

Calm Down, Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is a Robbery Numerous facts indicate that the policy of militarizing the country was pursued solely to enrich high-ranking officials in the German government and the owners of military corporations.
25-04-2026, 18:56
Calm Down, Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is a Robbery
Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management On April 8 2026, the Breugel Institute (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory) web-site published a policy brief Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management on the risks of growing influence of US asset management companies in the EU.
25-04-2026, 15:07
Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management
One year liberation day: The delusion of transatlantic economic divorce On April 7, 2026, the Centre for European Reform published at its web-site an article dedicated to the 1 year anniversary of the EU goods duties imposed by Donald Trump.
24-04-2026, 17:33
One year liberation day: The delusion of transatlantic economic divorce
New Eastern Empire to Wreck EU: What Péter Magyar Starts with as Head of Hungary Hungary may become the first member State of a new European union: a Europe of free States is coming to replace the Europe of supranational institutions.
23-04-2026, 13:54
New Eastern Empire to Wreck EU: What Péter Magyar Starts with as Head of Hungary
How Can the Netherlands Build a War Economy? On March 30, Atlantische Commissie published at its web-site an article Hoe bouwen we een Nederlandse oorlogseconomie? The article analyzes the problems of building a war economy in the Netherlands.
23-04-2026, 10:07
How Can the Netherlands Build a War Economy?
Would You Fight for Your Country? On March 20, The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) published at its web-site an article Would You Fight for Your Country?
22-04-2026, 13:03
Would You Fight for Your Country?
An Illusion of Managed Interdependence.  A Transatlantic Tech Partnership A report by German Marshall Fund analysts, entitled A Transatlantic Tech Partnership, analyzes the IT technology standoff between the USA and China and Europe’s groping for a place in this race.
21-04-2026, 11:27
An Illusion of Managed Interdependence. A Transatlantic Tech Partnership
Migrant Workers and Farming Will They Get a Decent Living and Employment? Migrant workers play an essential, if not primary, role in the agrifood sector
20-04-2026, 16:05
Migrant Workers and Farming Will They Get a Decent Living and Employment?
No More Safe Places in Europe?  What Is the Logic Behind French Forward Deterrence? French President Emmanuel Macron made a milestone statement in his recent speech about nuclear deterrence. For the first time in history he offered to deploy the French strategic air forces to European countries.
19-04-2026, 16:19
No More Safe Places in Europe? What Is the Logic Behind French Forward Deterrence?
Between the Berlaymont and the Glass Palace How Relative is the EU’s and NATO’s European Defense Capability? The Belgian town of Berlaymont with the headquarters of the European Commission, the European Union’s supreme executive authority, and the Glass Palace from which the NATO bloc is managed are just five kilometers apart.
19-04-2026, 14:29
Between the Berlaymont and the Glass Palace How Relative is the EU’s and NATO’s European Defense Capability?
The European Union Intends to Fight Space Wars. Does the European Military Space Project Have Room for Development? European governments have announced ambitions to significantly build up their military space assets in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war and Europe’s overdependence on the United States in the space domain.
18-04-2026, 13:07
The European Union Intends to Fight Space Wars. Does the European Military Space Project Have Room for Development?
Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism.
18-04-2026, 12:32
Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism
Oil? Gas? Fertilizer? Just Life. You can’t quarrel with Russia and the USA at once and cherish a hope for some mythical ‘cavalry from behind the hill’ that will come and help. It is not cavalry that will come but people accustomed to surviving in deserts and wastelands – into which Europe will inevitably turn without an industry and agriculture of its own. For the sake of its own survival.
17-04-2026, 13:13
Oil? Gas? Fertilizer? Just Life.
Kalypso Nicolaidis: I Want a Woodstock for European Politics A permanent citizens’ forum as the fourth branch of governance in the European Union should give citizens greater influence over European politics. This is the argument put forward by the French-Greek-British professor of international relations Kalypso Nicolaidis.
4-04-2026, 11:02
Kalypso Nicolaidis: I Want a Woodstock for European Politics