Thanks to interventions by Washington or Brussels, Nord Stream 2 may end up either not being completed or, once completed, find that much of the pipeline cannot in fact be used.
Central Europe: Democracy Intact, But Under Pressure
Polarized and despondent, the Czech Republic is not a happy place. Despite rising living standards, Czechs are stuck in a national malaise.
Poland’s Catholic Neo-Communists
PiS aims to create a repressive, homogeneous society not much different from the late unlamented Polish People’s Republic — albeit in the name of Jesus Christ, not Karl Marx.
Thirty Years After the Wall Fell: Part 3 — The Balkans
How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom.
Freedom Reborn: Witnessing German Reunification
The fall of the Berlin Wall signaled a rebirth of freedom, liberating millions who had been trapped for two generations on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain.
Thirty Years After the Wall Fell: Part 2 — Central Europe
How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom.
Thirty Years After the Wall Fell: Part 1 — The Baltics and Kaliningrad
How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom.
Will Corbyn’s Vanity Deliver Johnson’s Brexit?
Jeremy Corbyn’s personal irresponsibility and vanity may finally deliver Brexit.
Boris Johnson: Grand Hasardeur (Forever the Gambler)
This is the first time a ruling party has gone into an election with the slogan “Vote for Us and Become Poorer.”
























