The Low Country

NATO's Mark Rutte: more guns, less butter

To heck with diplomacy, the path to peace in Europe lies through an arms race with Russia. Cui bono?

Dec 24, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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November 2024

Rough justice

How the Israeli soccer team and their belligerent supporters met their match in Amsterdam this week

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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October 2024

Well, almost never again

In Amsterdam, we are constantly reminded to heed the lessons of the Holocaust, we cannot be allowed to forget, to look away. Never again, right?

Oct 8, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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September 2024

Chipping away at China

How the crown jewel of the Dutch high-tech industry has become a geopolitical pawn in neocon America's project to stymie China's technological progress.

Sep 30, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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Central planning is doomed to fail, right?

Western governments once pursued what was known as "industrial policy". But that came to be considered a quaint and obsolete anachronism from bygone…

Sep 27, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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July 2024

Mr Rutte goes to Brussels

Meet NATO's new secretary general, Mark Rutte. Will our former prime minister be able to keep that sinking ship afloat?

Jul 1, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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February 2024

Wilders vs the austerians

How the political establishment will try to contain Geert Wilders and his party, the PVV. Populism must not be allowed to prevail.

Feb 12, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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January 2024

Why Wilders won

The populist revolt gains momentum in the Netherlands. Whether Geert Wilders and the PVV can deliver real change remains to be seen.

Jan 13, 2024 • 

Colin Brace

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July 2023

End of the Rutte era, finally?

Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, Mark Rutte survived every crisis, his hold on power seemed unshakable. But now his lengthy time in office…

Jul 13, 2023 • 

Colin Brace

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June 2023

Morbid symptoms of parliamentary decay

As our societies in the West fracture, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep the ship of state afloat. That sinking feeling grows ever stronger.

Jun 14, 2023 • 

Colin Brace

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Forced federalism

Conflating the ancient and diverse continental civilization of Europe with a modern institution, the EU, is leading us gravely astray, Václav Klaus has…

Jun 9, 2023 • 

Colin Brace

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Fear and loathing in The Hague

Mark Rutte's ruling coalition knows it will soon be out of power, so that means ramming through highly questionable, controversial legislation while it…

Jun 3, 2023 • 

Colin Brace

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