Governments occasionally apologise for injustices committed in the (distant) past, but matters are rarely settled […] ...

There was a time when European politics felt geographically anchored. Berlin felt German. Rome felt Italian. Paris was ...

What you don’t want to hear is that putting the foundation of my new life in Paphos (Cyprus) in place turns out to be one of ...

The latest issue of BOUNDARY SHOCK QUARTERLY by Blaze Ward is elegantly titled “GALACTIC GASTRONOMY” (Pubshare 29 March 2026) ...

Europe’s Syria policy did not begin as a humanitarian story. It began as a political assumption dressed in moral language, in which the former German chancellor, Angela Merkel, played a historic role.

“Beauty is the radiant bridge to the future which the science-fiction writer must cross on […] ...

Food in science fiction and fantasy fascinates me. So is my sci-fi buddy Blaze Ward. […] ...

Although the cessation of armed hostilities is essential in ensuring that a ‘just’ peace is achieved, guaranteeing accountability for committing respective crimes and legal violations during a given ...

What do you do when you realise you are heading in the wrong direction? Hit the brakes, right? In Europe, this is not the case. Instead, European leaders' answer is to accelerate further, opting for ...

The ethnic diversity in the Netherlands would not tolerate a sooty Black Pete (zwarte piet). This player is given a stereotypical image of dark-skinned people: black and subordinate to a white person, ...

The terrorist bombing in Homs on Friday was not an isolated act of violence. It marked the beginning of a dangerous chain reaction in which Alawite civilians have found themselves increasingly exposed ...

The peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan paved the way for another unresolved matter between the two countries to be put on the agenda: the right of return for the people from the Western ...