Frans Snyders and Peter Paul Rubens, Prometheus Bound (ca. 1611-1618). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Islamophobia, Christophobia, and the Suicide of the West

‘Only the West killed God, and they did it twice for good measure: once on the cross, and more recently via the Enlightenment project to transform the world through progress, secularism, and science, rendering religion either rational or irrelevant.’

Migrants arrive in the harbour of Italian island of Lampedusa, on 18 September 2023

Migration Seen as Bigger Threat than Russia by Europeans

According to a recent survey, Europeans express greater apprehension towards migration and radical Islamist terrorism than towards the threat posed by Russia. The findings of the poll suggest a significant disconnect between the issues European elites focus on and the genuine concerns of the general populace.

NATO Plans Shift in Ukraine Strategy?

Fears of a potential second presidential term of Donald Trump have allegedly prompted NATO to devise a plan to assume the coordination of arms deliveries to Ukraine, replacing the United States.

South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor and South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusi Madonsela in the ICJ courtroom in The Hague on 26 January 2024.

South Africa Is Challenging the West, Not Only Israel

While South Africa alleges that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, it failed to condemn some of the most severe human rights abuses of our times in the past. Pretoria’s assertion that its engagement to prevent grave human rights violations, fulfilling its responsibilities ‘under a treaty obligation to prevent genocide from occurring’ is a political stunt and a blatant attempt to exploit the international legal system.

An Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate of the Royal Danish Navy leaves the port of Korsør on 29 January 2024 for the Gulf of Aden to join the international task force patrolling the Red Sea.

Something Is Wrong with Europe

‘How are Europeans supposed to afford the welfare state and support migrants and pay for higher energy prices and pursue remilitarization and revive their economies on the same income without taking on any more undue debt, which is already considerably high?’

Historian Dénes Sokcsevits with Gergely Szilvay, a chief staff writer at Mandiner.

We Have Lived in the Same Country for Almost a Thousand Years, Yet We Hardly Know Anything about Them: An Interview about Our Croatian Brothers

‘As I myself experienced as the first director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre (Liszt Institute) in Zagreb, which opened in January 2014, Croats have a positive attitude towards Hungarian culture. The Institute is now ten years old, very active, and there is a huge interest in Hungarian culture.’ Read Mandiner’s in-depth interview on Croatian– Hungarian relations with historian Dénes Sokcsevits.

Democrat Senator Ben Cardin Wants to Impose Sanctions on Hungary

Citing concerns over the delay of the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession, approving additional aid to Ukraine, and the Sovereignty Protection Act, Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland has proposed the possibility of the United States imposing sanctions on Hungary as a punishment.