Virus woes or a warning?
China’s total lockdown, ostensibly to control the spread of the Omicron variant, seems at times to be aimed at making a far more important global point.
Letter from an enemy friend
I first met the Russian national I most respect at a conference regarding the future of Russo-Iberian relations held in [...]
The Afghan stain
Every so often, it’s the devil’s advocate’s chore to step into the front and center. Today that role falls to [...]
A shaky Union
These are difficult times for the European Union. As it marks the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of its common [...]
A most imperfect union
In a show of stubborn snarling representative of old Europe at its fractured worst, Poland and Hungary have threated to [...]
Requiem for a bubble
"Bubble?" was "what bubble?" in a Spain eager to succeed and flourish, until it burst.