Europe is not a monolithic entity, consisting of 44 distinct countries with varied languages, cultures, and historical conflicts. As the U.S. reassesses its security guarantees for Europe, this complexity raises vital questions about Europe’s identity and coherence in the face of ongoing geopolitical challenges.
The value of a nation is often mismeasured, with natural resources playing a limited role in prosperity compared to education, technology, and strong institutions. Mexico’s recent decline in global standing, driven by institutional decay and electoral manipulation, highlights the importance of maintaining democratic frameworks and citizen rights for true national wealth.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Conservative nationalism is a worldwide trend today, although it is difficult to discern in all its intricacies. The conjunction of apparently alien forces has a strange common ideological component: it includes conservative nationalists of the traditional right and militants of some long-standing …
Federico Reyes Heroles We know they lie to us. They know we know they are lying to us, and… they keep on lying. How far can it go? It is difficult to say. It appears in the world, and we can expel it. It has …
Polarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground for their causes, both for left and right. Unlikely candidates …
Luis Rubio Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) says, “the True University of these days is a collection of books.” Here is my best attempt to share some of the readings that impacted me the most this year. Two emblematic dictators-Stalin and Hitler- were allies at the beginning …