Pride is Europe’s annual democracy test
A society that won’t defend its most targeted citizens is only defending a restricted version of democracy. Pride Month 2026…
The ‘frugal North’ myth is tearing Europe apart
Europe’s favorite economic myth is making its problems worse Chris Kremidas-Courtney Last month, “frugal” Europe went to war with Spain.…
Europe has a plan for big tech, but no plan for Bardella
Europe is spending €300 billion to free itself from undemocratic control of its digital infrastructure. It has not yet considered…
Curated reality: how AI is reshaping human agency
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney Today, Big Tech is shaping the environment in which human choices are made by defining the menu…
The Holy Roman United States
By Chris Kremidas-Courtney There is a persistent temptation in American commentary to compare Washington to Rome. Doing so implies grandeur,…
Without Solidarity, Freedom Fails
Chris Kremidas-Courtney We Americans like to tell ourselves a comforting story; that our deepest political value is freedom. Freedom of…
Minnesota Is Conducting a Domestic Peacekeeping Operation
When a US state deploys its National Guard to protect civilians from federal agents, something in the American system has…
“If” Europe Is to Endure
A charge for Europe inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “If—” Chris Kremidas-Courtney If you can keep your nerve when an aggressive…
Europe’s AI rules are missing a quiet revolution in political influence
Conversational AI is reshaping political influence faster than Europe’s AI rules can respond Chris Kremidas-Courtney For years, warnings about artificial…
2026: Let’s Choose What Comes Next
As we step into 2026, our most important work won’t be in predicting what comes next but in choosing how…