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“Across Europe, the far right is becoming the right, absent any compelling message from traditional conservative parties. If “far” suggests outlier, it has become a misnomer. Not only have the parties of an anti-immigrant right surged, they have seen the barriers that once kept them out crumble as they are absorbed into the arc of […]

“Xi’s European tour this week has taken place under radically different circumstances. In his five-year absence from the continent, China’s economic growth has slowed and Beijing has drawn the west’s ire by tacitly supporting Russia in its war in Ukraine. While the Chinese leader could have treated the trip as an opportunity for rapprochement with […]

“The analysis reinforced the findings of many of those inquiries: that a hotter world of ravaged ecosystems is one that is more hospitable to many parasites, and less so to humans and other life.” Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Scott Dance Link: How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic

“The radical right may be on the rise in Europe, but it does not have to be this way. Politics is always at the mercy of fortune. Yet fortune, as Machiavelli emphasized in “The Prince,” is like a river whose overflow can be prevented by building dikes and dams. If European politicians are increasingly trapped […]

“Mukhtar Babayev, the ecology minister of Azerbaijan, who will lead the Cop29 UN climate summit in November, urged governments in developing countries to draw up reports showing their progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and their spending on the climate crisis.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Fiona Harvey Link: Poorer nations must be transparent over climate […]

“While the Kremlin’s agents have a long history of such operations — and launched attacks sporadically in Europe in recent years — evidence is mounting of a more aggressive and concerted effort, according to assessments from three different European countries shared with the Financial Times.”  Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Sam Jones, John Paul Rathbone e […]

“But we’re learning that behind the young idealists is an organized movement of leftists who want to spread disorder and whose candid strategy is to defy school administrators and police to achieve their radical goals.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: Rules for Campus Radicals, 2024 

“The EU must ensure this enlargement process allows candidates to receive the rewards of reform in phases rather than all at the end. EU governance needs revamping, too, to ensure it can function at 35-plus members — including expanding majority voting and allowing “coalitions of the willing” to press on with deeper integration. None of […]

“In Europe, the index showed Russia dropping down the ranks of countries mounting attacks on press freedom for what the RSF terms its “crusade” against independent journalism. More than 1,500 Russian journalists have fled abroad since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Annie Kelly Link: Attacks on press freedom around the […]

Trump remains the same guy, with the same goals and grievances. But in person, if anything, he appears more assertive and confident. “When I first got to Washington, I knew very few people,” he says. “I had to rely on people.” Now he is in charge. The arranged marriage with the timorous Republican Party stalwarts […]