Unequal Terms
Beijing’s shopping sprees among European high tech firms stand in stark contrast to the restrictive access to markets in the Land of the Dragon…
Populism in Europe
Right-wing nationalist parties are on the rise. We investigate why chauvinistic slogans and hatemongering catch on in France, Hungary and Poland…
Where Have All the Women Gone…
Top-grade students, excelling in academic performance, hard-working and successful in their jobs… yet there is a conspicuous lack of women in top managerial positions. What happens to all the highly-qualified females? Could it be that women are falling into an archaic trap? Does emancipation stand up to reality’s test? Politically incorrect musings on gender, career, family and incentives…
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Alarm Signal
The resignation of Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon is an alarm signal. A political hardliner, yet honest and morally principled, Likud-member Yaalon is warning against “manifestations of extremism, violence and racism in Israeli society which are threatening its sturdiness.” Yet Israel still has time to ward off these dangers. A call for active steps to support a humane Zionism…
Philosophers Beat Hitler
During WWII, the US Office of Strategic Services, predecessor of the CIA, enlisted the help of famous German emigrant philosophers like Marcuse, Kirchheimer et al. The protagonists of the Frankfurt School compiled intelligence reports on Nazi Germany, evaluating the social and political mood. Jewish Intelligence thus played a major role in developing Allied wartime strategy…