Euronest Session in Yerevan Mocks European Values
In 2010, Belarus had its membership in Euronest — the Parliamentary assembly for the Eastern Partnership initiative of the European Union — suspended because of what was very obviously a rigged...
View ArticleWhither the West: A New Beginning
The Center is now in its fourth year, a truly remarkable achievement many of us never imagined would come to pass. We’ve had growing pains, and we’ve published some great authors, some of whom have...
View ArticleHas the West Lost Its Grip at Last?
A spare but intriguing piece at the Financial Times: Instead, the worry is that the prolonged economic instability that could result from a default would deepen the political hostility towards the rest...
View ArticleA Flawed Report on Azerbaijan Nevertheless Tells Important Truths
A sign of the increasing uselessness of international bodies is that they have trouble getting the obvious right. Earlier this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) received...
View ArticleEurope Finds Time to Hector Azerbaijan for Having Tax Laws
Greece is in a constant near-state of collapse. Ukraine burns. Russia’s internal tyranny grows. Southern Europe’s economic stability is questionable at best. The future of the euro as a joint project...
View ArticleLatvia Curiously Unmoved by Suggestion That Fences Don’t Work
Latvia is building a fence to keep the migrant wave from its shores. That fence will be on the Russian border. For any of you not following the news closely, the current migrant wave is coming through...
View ArticleA Study in Contrasts: PACE Praises Azerbaijan’s Elections, Decries Turkey’s
It is a tale of two elections: if not the best of times, very far from the worst; and one making a bid for the worst. It is a tale of an election run smoothly, fairly, openly, and well in Azerbaijan,...
View ArticlePolitical Affairs Committee of PACE calls for “the withdrawal of Armenian...
What follows is a recent, firsthand account of momentous developments at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which we are pleased to present as they unfolded. (PARIS) After very tough...
View ArticlePoland Asks: Does the EU Matter for Anything?
As has been true for almost a decade now, the European Union has seen better days. With the British seriously considering “Brexit” — a British exit from the union — and the various PIIGS dramas...
View ArticleNew Report on Armenia and Influence Buying Rocks Council of Europe
“For several years, a network of non-governmental organizations and its connections within the Council of Europe has led a merciless propaganda campaign against Azerbaijan to benefit Armenia.” This is...
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