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Opinion
The King eats a worm burger
Last week, the Netherlands was captivated by remarkable footage showing the Dutch King Willem visiting an insect farm and indulging in a worm burger. This event fits into a wider pattern that is now unfolding. …
By Forum for Democracy
Politics
New Year’s wishes to the members of the Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party
Dear compatriots! Dear European allies, Ambassadors, Diplomatic Delegations. If I have to assess the past year, my task is very easy. Nothing happened last year that really surprised us. Last year also showed that there …
By László Toroczkai
World
International law on trial
The Hague was the centre of the world in the second week of January, when hearings were held at the International Court of Justice on South Africa’s application to the Court requesting provisional measures against …
By John Laughland
World
Biden Doctrine: 'If It's Broke Don't Fix It!'
This piece was originally published by the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Last week President Biden was asked by a reporter about US attacks on Yemen: Reporter : “Are the airstrikes in Yemen working?” Biden …
By Daniel McAdams
World
Notes on the Russia-Ukraine War
Remarks by President Václav Klaus
By Václav Klaus
Economy
The ‘shipwreck’ of Brexit according to Le Figaro
By Ewen Stewart, director of Global Britain, and John Laughland, director of FVD International. Le Figaro published recently an article by Niclas Baverez explaining that Brexit is a shipwreck. Le Figaro is of course the …
By Ewen Stewart
World
Killing the Messenger
This article was republished from the Ron Paul Institute. Read the original here . One call from the White House or State Department could have saved California-born journalist Gonzalo Lira’s life. Living in …
By Daniel McAdams
Politics
Apologia: Frederik Jansen's valedictory letter to the Speaker of the Dutch Parliament
Dear Chairman of the House of Representatives, Dear Martin, Partly in the light of the forthcoming Parliamentary Inquiry into the decision-making process during the Covid period, I have decided to make my seat in the …
By Frederik Jansen
Economy
"It could have been much worse. Baudet could have won 37 seats."
A short essay on the power of the left, Geert Wilders and the FVD movement.
By Thierry Baudet
Politics
The Failure of Fukuyama
The end of liberal democracy On 23 December 2023, the Dutch newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad (The Financial Daily) ran an interview with liberal philosopher Francis Fukuyama about the decline of the liberal world …
By Vincent Vos
World
The ten best books on geopolitics - Brzezinski & The Grand Chessboard
What are the ten best books on geopolitics? John Laughland starts a short series with Zbigniew Brzezinski’s The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives (1997). Zbigniew Brzezinski was born in …
By John Laughland
Politics
FVD MP Jansen temporarily cedes seat in Parliament to Van Houwelingen because of Covid inquiry
Shortly after the elections, FVD party leader, Thierry Baudet, called on the Lower House to resume the paused parliamentary inquiry into Covid policy. The new House, which has a totally different political arrangement …
By Editorial Team
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