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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
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Colin Brace
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NATO's Mark Rutte: more guns, less butter
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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
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Colin Brace
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Rough justice
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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
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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
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Colin Brace
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Chipping away at China
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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
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Central planning is doomed to fail, right?
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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
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Colin Brace
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Mr Rutte goes to Brussels
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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
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Colin Brace
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Wilders vs the austerians
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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
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Colin Brace
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Why Wilders won
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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
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Colin Brace
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End of the Rutte era, finally?
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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
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Colin Brace
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Morbid symptoms of parliamentary decay
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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
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Forced federalism
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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
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Fear and loathing in The Hague
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