Europe

Susi Meret is an Associate Professor at the Danish University of Aalborg and for 25 years she has been interested in the Danish radical right specifically, but also in that of other countries.  This will be the focus of our…

Relations between China and the EU are now at a crossroads. The EU’s ability to make right decisions and wise judgements, correct and adjust its perspective of China, and maintain a positive relationship with China will determine how the China-EU…

Joint Statement by Human Rights and Civil Society Organisations (Brussels, September 11, 2024) – It is critically important for members of the newly elected European Parliament to renew the mandate of its Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup, 42 human rights and civil society organizations including Human Rights Watch…

Remarks on Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network webinar on August 28, 2024 When NATO gathered in Washington D.C. several weeks ago, we held a counter-summit and a rally, did a bunch of interviews, wrote a bunch of articles, etc. All the videos…

Throughout Wednesday night and Thursday morning [May 22-23], Ukrainian drones struck the Armavir Radar Station in Russia’s southwestern Krasnodar Krai region, a part of Russia’s early warning radar system designed to detect an incoming ICBM attack. This radar is one…

This article is part of the series “50 Years After: Long Live the Carnation Revolution”, published by Pressenza since mid-March 2024. The “Carnation Revolution” of 1974-75 brought freedom to the Portuguese after 48 years of fascism and independence to the…

The EU’s evolving common defense network is decades in the making, yet remains hindered by its inability to match NATO and apprehension by some member states. By John P. Ruehl At the European Defense Agency’s annual conference in November 2023,…

What is the basic ingredient of war? Many might think of weapons, ammunition, or money… but in reality, none of these are fundamental (though they can be useful). What really matters are people. To start a war, you first need…

Gladio (Latin for sword) was the name given to the “network of sleeper agents deployed by NATO in Italy, ready to go into action in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe”. It would be the Allied forces…

On March 19, 2024, the head of France’s ground forces, General Pierre Schill, published an article in the newspaper, Le Monde, with a blunt title: “The Army Stands Ready.” Schill cut his teeth in France’s overseas adventures in the Central…