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Bohdan Chuma: “Ukraine’s history is a normal and typical history of a European nation”

Putin is trying to write a history of the Russian Empire that begins with the Tsarist Empire, continues with Soviet Communism, the Red Empire, and now continues under his government.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

Growing problems for the Soviet Federation

In a message on social media, Donald Trump claimed that Russia’s economy is crumbling and that he would do it the favour of allowing it to end a “stupid” war that should not have started.

Álvaro Peñas

6 min

“When it is allowed to humiliate a collective, such as Catholics, the next step is to persecute that collective”: An Interview with Polonia Castellanos

Polonia Castellanos is the president of Christian Lawyers. An international civil association that defends in the legal sphere the values inspired by Christianity: religious freedom, life and family.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

“We can only achieve true peace from a position of strength”: An Interview with Gabrielius Landsbergis

After almost three years of war, Europe is still unprepared to deal with a conflict like the one in Ukraine. Is this a problem of lack of vision or political will?

Álvaro Peñas

6 min

“The best weapon against propaganda is common sense and intuition”: An interview with Jorge Gómez

Jorge Gómez is a Navy officer in Reserve status and has worked in the field of intelligence during his time at CESID/CNI (National Intelligence Center), from 1992 to 2018, being a specialist in team management, crisis management and Human Sources Intelligence (HUMINT).

Álvaro Peñas

7 min

The Banned Writers of the Slovo House

The Holodomor is a genocide that has become better known as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but when the crime was committed almost a century ago, the world did not know or did not want to know, and only a few voices, such as the journalist Gareth Jones or the Austrian engineer Alexander Wienerberger, dared to denounce the barbarity committed by Stalin.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

Analyses

France: towards chaos?

All the polls and commentators had predicted that Marine Le Pen's National Rally would win the European elections in France with more than 31% of the vote, more than twice the score of President Macron's party, which came second with 14%.

Patrick Edery

6 min

Problem of Expertise in Nowadays Europe

One of the problems with which not only European but Western liberal democracy is struggling today is the problem of knowledge and its relation to politics.

Agnieszka Nogal

15 min

The Spirit of Europe Blows Where It Will

For over 50 years, since mid-1970s, the spirit of neoliberalism hovered over Europe.[1] Its essence was fittingly summed up by Margaret Thatcher, who observed that she knows no such thing as a society but only knows individuals.

Justyna Schulz

15 min

Do We Still Believe in Europe?

In 1750, Jean-Jacques Rousseau won the first prize in a competition organized by the Academy of Dijon, answering the question: “Has the restoration of the sciences and arts contributed to refining moral practices?”

Agnieszka Nogal

10 min

In Vino Veritas. On Blind Testing and the Culture of the Symposium

The world’s best violin is called “Opus 58” and comes from the studio of Swiss master violin maker Michael Rohnheimer.

Paweł Ćwikła

15 min

Frankfurt School and the Social Disorder

In the last half of the century, a social disorder, emerged in Western societies.

Edward Sołtys

15 min

The Essence of Things - Hesperialism

In the fifth episode of "The Essence of Things", we discuss the topic of philosophy of history and the concept of hesperialism.

Essays

Populism and Democracy

Ladies and gentlemen, ‘a spectre is haunting the world: the spectre of populism’.

Charles Turner

8 min

Ukraine has not banned Christianity

“Ukraine bans Christianity.” This claim, which has spread like wildfire on social media among many pro-Kremlin accounts, is completely false.

Álvaro Peñas

7 min

Does the European Union Contribute to Moral Progress and If So, Then How?

At first glance, the question asked in the title is surprising. Can an organization which, like any human formation, is not free from corruption and abuse, contribute to moral progress?

Justyna Schulz

10 min

Does the European Union Contribute to Moral Growth? How to Find the Place Where We Can Stop?

What is the “moral growth” indicated in the title? When seeking an answer to this question, one certainly should reflect on a related term – “moral progress”.

Grzegorz Kucharczyk

15 min

On Confusion in Contemporary Art

There is perhaps no more heated dispute in culture than that concerning contemporary art.

Maciej Mazurek

15 min

'Post-Liberalism' – Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

We have now entered the stage of post-Liberalism. The European elections have seen a move to traditionalist parties in most states.

Brian Patrick Bolger

10 min

What Threatens Poland’s Sovereignty? And How?

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