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Nathan Cofnas, UGent University and Academical Freedom - Universities Should Investigate Facts, Not Condemn Researchers
The suspension of Nathan Cofnas by Ghent University (UGent) raises a fundamental question about academic freedom. Rector Petra De Sutter and her university say they want to combat discrimination, hatred, and racism. That should, in itself, go without saying. But a university in particular must continue to distinguish between discrimination against individuals and research or criticism whose conclusions are perceived as controversial, unpleasant, or even offensive. When that d
Redactie / Editors
Aug 274 min read
Merkel, Germany and Europe: Sixteen Years of Missed Opportunities
Anyone assessing Angela Merkel’s sixteen years in office cannot avoid three concepts: Merkel, Germany and Europe. From 2005 to 2021, Merkel was regarded as the calm, rational leader who safely guided her country through every crisis. But behind that façade of stability, structural problems continued to accumulate. Merkel, Germany and, by extension, Europe too often chose delay over reform, cheap energy over geopolitical security, and crisis management over a vision for the fu
Redactie / Editors
Aug 176 min read
The Mecca Pact: A "Defensive" Alliance Looking for the Usual Enemy
Saudi money, Turkish military reach, and Pakistan's nuclear status do not yet make an Islamic NATO. They do, however, reveal a regional temptation Israel has seen before.
Tamas Vajda
Aug 124 min read
Illegal Migration, Ceuta and Morocco – Europe Allows Itself to Be Blackmailed Again
Illegal migration, Ceuta and migration from Morocco are once again dominating the European news this week. The events in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta show not only that Europe is losing control of its external borders, but above all that countries such as Morocco are deliberately using migration as a means of political pressure. Europe’s response has been the same for years: lots of words, lots of money, and hardly any consequences for the countries putting Europe under press
Redactie / Editors
Aug 76 min read
Ceuta Exposes Europe's Toothless Politics
It has been impossible to ignore. Over the past week, Ceuta dominated headlines after what can scarcely be described as anything other than a mass influx of illegal migrants. Tens of thousands of people, primarily from Morocco, entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, once again putting Europe Politics and border security under intense scrutiny.
Daniël de Liever
Aug 56 min read
Belgium-Israel Boycott: West Bank Israeli Settlements and Double Standards
The Belgium Israel Boycott of West Bank Israeli Settlements – Why Does International Law Apparently Not Apply Equally?
Belgium has taken another step in its policy toward Israel. Under a new government measure, products originating from West Bank Israeli settlements may no longer be imported into Belgium. According to the Belgian government, this is a principled decision based on international law.
Redactie / Editors
Aug 46 min read
Open Borders, Closed Eyes
Europe cannot preserve compassion by abandoning the borders, laws and civic confidence that make compassion politically possible
Tamas Vajda
Aug 26 min read
Belgian Budget Deficit—Why Spending Cuts in Belgium Can No Longer Be Delayed
The Belgian budget deficit, the need for spending cuts in Belgium, and the growing burden of Belgium government debt have become some of the country's most pressing political and economic challenges. Successive governments largely failed to address the structural imbalance in public finances. The current government led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) now faces increasingly difficult decisions.
Redactie / Editors
Aug 15 min read
European Climate Policy - Why Europe Discourages Air Conditioning. The Climate Caliphate Explained
European climate policy and energy policy have produced a long list of unintended consequences. These include higher mortality during heatwaves, rising social costs, increasing administrative burdens, more bureaucracy, a weaker economy, and an ever-growing body of regulations that many European citizens can no longer make sense of.
It is a political system that bears strong similarities to what can only be described as a climate caliphate. There was no direct democratic manda
Redactie / Editors
Jul 83 min read
Nigeria’s silent killing fields
Tens of thousands have been killed or abducted in Nigeria, many of them Christians. Yet the world’s humanitarian conscience seems to have misplaced the file.
Tamas Vajda
Jul 65 min read
When NGOs’ Bias Becomes Policy: A Crisis of Credibility
Some international NGOs have now visibly drifted away from the very role on which they base their claim to moral authority.
Tamas Vajda
Jul 22 min read
Iran Football and the Iranian Regime - A Prop for Trump-Bashing
A talk show producer called me recently. Had I heard that FIFA had revoked ticket allocations for the Iranian Football Federation, and what did I think about it? Honestly, it seemed perfectly logical. We need to stop pretending that Iran is a normal country. We need to stop acting as if the average Iranian citizen can simply book a flight to the United States to watch a football match. There is a crucial distinction between Iran, the Iranian people, and the Iranian regime. Th
Keyvan Shahbazi
Jun 243 min read
Europe Deindustrialisation and European Energy Policy - Is Industry Being Sacrificed?
The pace of Europe deindustrialisation is accelerating at a rate that would have seemed unimaginable only a few years ago. Across Germany and the Netherlands, industrial activities are increasingly being reduced, relocated, or permanently shut down. Regions such as Wallonia, the United Kingdom, France, and large parts of Italy have already lost significant portions of their industrial base. Now, even Europe's strongest industrial regions are coming under severe pressure.
Redactie / Editors
Jun 235 min read
Europe and Iran – The Cost of European Passivity
Europe and Iran – The Cost of European Passivity
Redactie / Editors
Jun 214 min read
A Rescue Package for Tehran?
If the leaked draft US-Iran memorandum looks even broadly like this, then from an Israeli perspective, it is hard to celebrate it as a diplomatic breakthrough. It looks more like a very familiar Middle Eastern genre: the West rewards a regime for perhaps, at some later point, being willing to talk about what it should have stopped doing long ago. According to the draft, Iran would receive a 60-day negotiation window. In the meantime, it could gain access to frozen funds, oil
Tamas Vajda
Jun 175 min read
Health Insurance Funds — Healthcare Costs, Social Benefits, and Government Oversight
Health insurance funds under fire - Billions for healthcare costs and social benefits with limited government oversight
Belgium's Health Insurance Funds play a central role in the distribution of Healthcare Costs reimbursements and Social Benefits. Every year, these organisations manage billions of euros in public funds on behalf of the federal government. However, criticism of the system continues to grow. While taxpayers provide the funding, the Health Insurance Funds are
Redactie / Editors
Jun 174 min read
Belgium's Infrastructure Crisis - Why the Road Network and Belgian Rail Must Be Urgently Expanded and Improved
Belgium likes to call itself the crossroads or heart of Europe. Geographically, that is accurate, but in terms of mobility, the country increasingly resembles a bottleneck rather than a hub. The chronic problems within Belgium Infrastructure, the daily traffic chaos on the Brussels Ring Road and the Antwerp Ring Road, and the shortcomings of Belgian Rail (NMBS/SNCB) all demonstrate that Belgium urgently needs an ambitious investment policy. Belgium's infrastructure is falling
Redactie / Editors
Jun 135 min read
The Digital Gulag
Von der Leyen’s Europe proudly presents itself as the cradle of liberty. The Enlightenment, the democratic rule of law, and Free Speech rank among the foundations upon which Europe built its civilisation and by which it inspired the rest of the world. Yet behind this self-assured display, a development is unfolding that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: the criminalisation of unorthodox opinions. Warnings about the steady erosion of free speech were dismissed for
Alexandra S. Villers
Jun 93 min read
The dystopia after the fall of the wall – A struggle between the horde and the swarm
1989 was welcomed as a year of liberation. A wave of freedom swept through Eastern Europe and brought with it a surge of hope that seemed to close the chapter of actually existing socialism once and for all. Francis Fukuyama wrote The End of History, interpreting this historical transition as the definitive triumph of liberal democracy. According to Luigi Curini, however, beneath the fallen walls lay ruins as well. The collapse of communism left behind a heavy legacy that has
Redactie / Editors
Jun 88 min read
Double standards in academia? Belgian universities, Israeli universities, academic freedom and foreign funding
The central question is not merely whether cooperation with Israeli Universities is desirable, but whether Belgian Universities apply the same standards to all of their international partners. When institutions invoke ethical principles, those principles must be applied consistently. Otherwise, the impression of political selectivity inevitably arises.
Redactie / Editors
Jun 74 min read
“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
— Ayn Rand
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