Populism

Schengen: Freedom of Movement No More?

Schengen under strain: EU faces rising border controls, migration pressures, and terror threats, testing free movement and unity.

Europe Wakes Up: Security on Migration

Germany tightens migration laws with stricter deportations, border controls, and asylum limits amid Europe’s immigration crackdown.

Norwegian Energy Nationalism Threatens Britain’s Net Zero

As Norway's government crumbles over energy exports, Britain's lights flicker in the shadow of European energy nationalism.

A Man, a Plan, and a Chainsaw: Milei’s Chainsaw Economics

Argentina posts first budget surplus in 14 years as radical spending cuts drive economic turnaround.

Playing with Fire: Musk, Robinson, and the AfD

Elon Musk's exclusive interview with Alice Weidel, AfD party leader, sparks significant controversy. The interview raisies concerns about the legitimisation of extremist ideologies and interference in European elections.

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Uneven Protection: Religious Freedom in Belgium

A country can guarantee religious freedom by law and still let how visibly someone practises it decide whether they get a job or a seat at the table.

Venice Rewards Israeli Gaza Documentary Amid Domestic Backlash

An award can celebrate a film's craft without settling what its allegations actually prove, a distinction Venice has now put under real pressure.

Celtic Pact: Is a Post-UK Future Inevitable?

The pact signed in Cardiff dares Westminster to defend a fragile union which Trump's transactional treatment of old allies has left looking suddenly negotiable.

The Houthi Movement Already Uses Frontier Software

A cell in northern Yemen tried building guided missiles with Claude weeks before Houthi forces took the Bab al-Mandeb coast, and no slowdown pledge undoes that.

UAE Capital Backs Germany’s Technology Pivot

Germany's old industrial economy and its emerging digital one are being asked to share the same factory floor, backed by Gulf capital betting both can work.