What's at stake for the EU in Ukraine ?

 

The recent NATO summit failed to address the crucial problem of the European Union’s eastern borders.

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/whats-at-stake-for-the-eu-in-ukraine

A Recipe for Losing Elections

 

To be sure, nationalist parties have constantly increased their share of the votes Europe-wide, from Austria, Hungary and Slovakia in Central Europe, to Germany and Italy, Spain , France and the UK in the West. 

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/a-recipe-for-losing-elections

Is the US Blameless for the War in Ukraine ?

 “Russia and the United States tend to view Ukraine as a key battleground in a cosmic proxy war between East and West. Both have a bad habit of trying to pick winners in Ukrainian politics. These interventions, naive in their own ways, tend to backfire, often at Ukraine’s expense.” (“The Difficulty of Being Ukraine” IHT, 2009 )

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/is-the-us-blameless-for-the-war-in

NATIONALISM AND POST-NATIONALISM

 Since the June 9 elections in the EU, the enemies of nation-states and of their supporters, nationalist political parties, have been put on notice. Long under attack from EU officials, the nation-states are fighting back and are here to stay, irrespective of plans to undermine them, which originate in Brussels or in the minds of ideologues advocating the so-called “post-national formations”(Juergen Habermas).

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/nationalism-and-post-nationalism

A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENTS

 

“I didn’t want mothers to lose their children and wives [ to lose] their husbands. I didn’t want their bodies to flow down the Dnipro from Kiev. I didn’t want to assume power through bloodshed.” ( Ianukovici in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution from 2004 )

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-presidents

A Demented Alliance Serving A Gerontocratic Elite

 

“NATO will stand up for the rights of LGBTQ people.” (source: Chronicles Magazine)

“On the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia, and every day: all love is equal. LGBTQ+ people deserve respect & dignity, and I am proud to call myself your ally.”(source: X 2024 @jensstoltenberg)

[…] we always need to do more [for LGBTQ+ people]. To push forward with ambition.” (May 17, 2023 speech of NATO Secretary General)

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/a-demented-alliance-serving-a-gerontocratic 

HOW US. HEGEMONY SHOULD END

In a world dominated by democracies, American hegemonism should not be decided by its military might, but submitted to a vote in the UN General Assembly.

https://florianpantazi.substack.com/p/how-us-hegemony-should-end