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Justice Matters
Without justice’, wrote Augustine in City of God, ‘what are kingdoms but great bands of criminals?
Finfluencers and the New Risk Culture
Influencers who promise financial freedom are shaping a new culture of risk among young people. Behind the images of luxury, European investigations reveal an economy that is not understood but imitated, and a generation taking risks without the tools needed to navigate them.
Politicians pray for Europe
While Russia presses Ukraine to surrender land, European politicians meet for prayer in Brussels—much like Schuman, Adenauer and de Gasperi once did when they sought God’s wisdom to rebuild a continent shattered by war.
Christian nationalism is gaining ground in the United States
On Sunday, September 21, nearly 100,000 people attended a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, a right-wing Christian political activist who was shot and killed at a Utah university 11 days earlier.
How the spirit of Finland’s sauna diplomacy lives on outside the sauna
The spirit of sauna diplomacy lives on at the golf course. Stubb has simply traded the sauna ladle for a golf club.
European policy analyst Federico O. Reho: The centre of politics needs renewal
- There is a feeling of us and them, and of detachment. This is serious. We need to reconstruct a system where the parties are connected to people again, where there is interaction with associations and organizations, trade unions, startups and religious communities. How to do this?
Europe´s new role on the world stage
In a rapidly changing world, Europe now assumes a role it has not played since the colonial days. This time around, the mission focuses on peace and stability, not exploitation and self-enrichment.
Christians Must Rediscover Democracy
The desire among many for a society less influenced by “woke” culture may, perhaps, trump long-term thinking about what truly grants us freedom and the opportunity to live good lives. We need to rediscover-and also renew-the system of governance that the Haugeans played such a vital role in building.
Now Western democracy is in danger
Bill Clinton's defense minister, William Cohen, recently told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that the rule of law is what separates democracy from dictatorship. The interview concerned both the preparations for Donald Trump's upcoming presidency and Joe Biden's last days in the White House.
The US will dominate Europe less
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was clear in his analysis of the newly elected President Donald Trump in 2016. The Washington Times reported on December 16th of that year that Kissinger, after a meeting with Trump, believed that he would introduce a new American foreign policy. "Donald Trump is a phenomenon that other countries have not seen before," Kissinger said, and he believed this could have far-reaching consequences.