
NATO commits partners to act in case of an attack of against any single partner. Each alliance partner will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked. Reality is more nuanced than politicians, pundits, and critics admit. That notwithstanding, the alliance’s Eastern Flank includes heterogeneous partners with differing threats and priorities concerning
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Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike. Remarkably, Gramsci has gained a following among the radical right as well, meaning among those whose political aspirations are in many ways the exact opposite of Gramsci’s
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What do free market thinkers think of the radical right today? Shortly after Donald Trump’s rise to presidency in 2017, the president of the libertarian Mises Institute gave a passionate speech urging a fundamental rethinking of American conservatism in the direction of the nation, religion and patriarchal family. Soon enough more such thought leaders followed suit,
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By Yiagadeesen Samy and Stephen Baranyi On 22-23 September, the UN Summit of the Future will seek to enhance global cooperation and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by all UN member states in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030, these SDGs or Global Goals have been seriously off track for some
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