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Why Trump's Win Is Good News
Why Trump’s Win Is Good News
So, Trump has won. Strange as it may sound, that might not even be bad news. The bad news is that views like his are so popular, but if he lost, those wouldn’t have disappeared. Those extreme-right feelings would have lingered, worsened, and come back to haunt us in 4 years. It’s the same in Europe. Countries like France and the Netherlands are likely to soon be led by their own Donald Trumps,…
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Continued Hiatus
For health reasons, regular posting will be postponed for another while longer. I hope to be back by mid-November. If not, I’ll post a new update. In the meantime, do check out the list of most popular posts!
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Why is Afghanistan not Democratic?
Why is Afghanistan not Democratic?
A decade and a half have passed since the Western invasion of Afghanistan, but still that one question remains relevant: why is Afghanistan not democratic? Why, 15 years after Western forces invaded with the aim to “civilise” the country, is it still torn by war? In fact, the answer lies much deeper than the Western invasion. Even the Taliban is no more than a chapter in the story of Afghanistan…
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The Malayan Emergency: Lessons from the Past
The Malayan Emergency: Lessons from the Past
The Malayan Emergency, as the British colonial powers called it, was a guerrilla war fought on the Malay peninsula in modern-day Malaysia between 1948 and 1960. Although it’s a war that’s mostly been forgotten in the west, it provides some very powerful lessons, both for fighting wars in general, and, more importantly, for fighting the wars we currently fight in the Middle East. It’s thus not…
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Repairing what is Broken: What is Democracy?
Repairing what is Broken: What is Democracy?
Democracy is one of those terms that we use constantly, with little thought or consideration. But what is democracy really? As much as we may use and hear it on a daily basis, it’s a complicated concept that requires a whole lot more thought than it’s usually given. Before we can use “the importance of democracy” as an argument, we first have to answer this one simple question: what is democracy?…
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Iran: The West’s Failed Gamble
Iran: The West’s Failed Gamble
Today, Iran is known in Western countries as a dangerous country full of radicals and extremism, with its potential ability to build nuclear weapons one of the biggest threats to our existence. In that view, Iran is evil, an enemy, so anti-Western that reconciliation may well be beyond hope, leaving many to criticise even the minor attempts at reconciliation that have been happening since 2015.…
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Integration: The Ethnicity that Most Refuses to Integrate
Integration: The Ethnicity that Most Refuses to Integrate
Integration has been a hot topic for decades, if not much longer. Ever since we’ve realised that this thing we live on is a globe, meaning we can live in distant places without falling off the earth while trying to get there, integration has been an issue. Today, in Western Europe, we tend to talk above all about people from Africa, Eastern Europe and, more generally, the Islamic world, while in…
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Capitalism, Communism, Islamism: The Danger of Ideology
Capitalism, Communism, Islamism: The Danger of Ideology
Ideology can be good. Great, even. Ideology can give us those big ideas we need to keep improving society, to keep looking forward and beyond our immediate problems. But there’s a danger to ideology: we tend to take it to heart a little too much. It can lead to dogmatic policies, and with it, the undermining of everything that ideology has to offer. Take capitalism. It’s a wonderful idea: by…
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Brexit: Good Riddance for the Rest of Europe?
Brexit: Good Riddance for the Rest of Europe?
The UK is leaving the EU. It seems like a good moment to reflect a little. As a former inhabitant of the UK, this result is painful. As a European, though, it may not even be so bad. No more need for concessions For decades, the UK has been the odd one out. For decades, it has worked against the EU, refusing to cooperate when all other Member States were aligned. Until this day, they have been…
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Thoughts from the-Middle-of-Nowhere: Explaining Right-Wing Extremism
Thoughts from the-Middle-of-Nowhere: Explaining Right-Wing Extremism
A while ago, I spent a few days living with a nice old man somewhere in the middle of nowhere in France, surrounded by little else than cows, farmland and lots of grass that needed cutting. Although I imagine few people of his age living in such a place are as progressive, welcoming and open to new experiences as he is, he held many views that were disturbing to say the least. Everything that was…
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Jo Cox: A Woman We Needed
Jo Cox: A Woman We Needed
Today, Jo Cox, a British member of parliament and mother of two children aged 3 and 5, was stabbed and shot to death. Much is being said, and will be said, about who killed her. But that, perhaps, is not what matters. Jo Cox was one of a rare few people, and rarer still among politicians: she was someone who cared. She had committed her life not to building her own career, making money or gaining…
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Brexit and the Childishness of “Sovereignty”
Brexit and the Childishness of “Sovereignty”
When our local municipal government makes an unpopular decision, we’ll complain. When our national government makes an unpopular decision, we’ll complain. When the EU makes an unpopular decision… we’ll talk about leaving it. When you think about it, it’s a little odd. Has anyone in Great Snoring, Norfolk, England, ever said ‘hey, let’s leave the UK government because I don’t like the face of that…
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Does Parenting make you Closed-Minded?
Does Parenting make you Closed-Minded?
As we grow older, most people will become less and less open-minded. For many, conservatism sets in, new experiences are avoided, new people are assumed to be bad until the opposite has been proven, and life becomes increasingly bleak, the world becoming ever darker. Not only does society appear increasingly immoral and do people of other cultures become lazy and more criminal (generally…
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Things Scarier than Terrorism (Beware: Scary Stuff)
Things Scarier than Terrorism (Beware: Scary Stuff)
Terrorism is a scary thing. At least, it seems to be. Until you start thinking about it. Here’s a couple of things that are more likely to kill you than terrorism, and what your chances of dying today really are. Disclaimer: the author of this articles takes no legal responsibility for any fears caused as a result of reading the next few paragraphs. If you’re a female in your 20s living in a…
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The History & Political Situation of Jordan
The History & Political Situation of Jordan
Jordan is a small but certainly not unimportant country in the Middle East. Surrounded by conflict (Syria, Iraq, Palestine), conservative monarchies (Saudi Arabia & the Gulf) and a (former?) enemy (Israel), it’s the tranquil eye of the tornado that is the Middle East. Still, Jordan’s own history isn’t without its drama either, with many problems persisting to this day and putting into question…
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Recognising Minority Religious Holidays around the World
Recognising Minority Religious Holidays around the World
For many on the right, even the very idea of recognising minority religious holidays would be unacceptable. Many might think that it’s just another example of European leftists wanting to be more progressive than the rest of the world. In reality, though, Europe certainly wouldn’t be leading the crowd, because officially recognising minority religious holidays has become quite normal, as well as…
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The Disadvantages of Democracy and Free Press
The Disadvantages of Democracy and Free Press
The idea that democracy and free press somehow represent the ideal form of government generally goes unchallenged. More than that: it goes uncriticised. Yet, much can be said about the disadvantages of democracy, and about the advantages of some of its alternatives. Is democracy the best option for Western states right now? Probably. Is free press desirable in Western countries? Most likely. But…
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