Commentators all generally agree that the nation-state as political actor on the world stage has declined since WWII. Organization such as the UN, the IMF, etc., but perhaps even more the global economy as independent from the political sphere, have contributed to this decline. One of the major ... More
We often lament about the disappearance of culture in the West. The opera has been replaced by cheap, mass-produced Hollywood movies, classical music is often scorned among the younger generations, while art has become more a form of self-expression, if not a psychological tool, than a gift ... More
Was the European Union’s enlargement five years ago to several Eastern European countries a good thing? Not so much, after all, seem to be thinking Western European countries. This article published in Time emphasizes that the current ‘distrust’ between the new and the old ... More
