Source: Visegrad Insight To read the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, one needs to dispose of concepts and categories and approach philosophy, politics and history anew. It is the phenomenological essence – to transcend the metaphysics of the old and re-approach the idea of being. Patočka sees modern being as located in technicity and war; that […]
Source: Visegrad Insight After months of pressure from allies, Germany has finally allowed the export of tanks to Ukraine. This great hesitancy was not only representative of the current administration in Berlin, but emblematic of the German ruling elite for decades, and highlights the fundamental issues of German foreign policy; issues that have sapped Berlin […]
Source: Visegrad Insight In response to Viktoryia Kolchyna’s piece Western Balkans EU Accession Depends on its Foreign Alignment, Michael Žantovský (Executive Director of the Václav Havel Library) responds. “I think the fallacy is obvious. It is not the right time to play EU values politics, when we have all been thrown back, willingly or unwillingly, […]
Source: Visegrad Insight Football is not just a game adored by billions of people, but a powerful soft tool, which can unite nations in times of uncertainty, and give hope that a better future for human rights is possible. However, FIFA’s football diplomacy is not always used for social well-being, but instead pursues corrupt interests, […]
Source: Visegrad Insight The war has reduced Europe to a crucible where its own destiny is being forged through fire, if not for the benefit of all, then for the benefit of some. The Eastern Flank should take advantage. Electrified by Russian violence, a North-Eastern alliance of interests has surged together as a regional security […]
Source: Visegrad Insight The EC makes a historic recommendation to grant Bosnia and Herzegovina EU candidate status. More border controls are expected in Central Europe and Slovakia is rocked by a tragic hate crime. This week on Visegrad Insight: Visegrad Insight Fellow Vitaly Portnikov comments on how Central Asia’s former USSR republics are moving away […]
Source: Visegrad Insight Ukrainian women’s football has become a unifying instrument of the nation amid the Russian invasion. Despite the ongoing military campaigns and Russian atrocities, Ukrainians are attempting to stay tied to the elements of everyday life. It is here where Ukrainian football competitions are in full swing under the official motto “We are […]
Source: Visegrad Insight The lone Prime Minister visits the lone-star state. While Russia threatens a Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant and Bulgaria gets a new caretaker government. In the second week of August, Victor Orbán visits texas. EU/REGIONAL Wiretapped Opposition: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised to the leader of the socialist opposition Nikos Androulakis for […]
Source: Visegrad Insight Before the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the possibility of Ukraine and Moldova getting the status of candidates for EU membership seemed an issue of the distant future. The fact that candidacy status has been granted for the first time in the history of the European Union with conditions implying the possibility […]
Source: Visegrad Insight Northern Cyprus is part of the EU, although Turkish and local flags fly everywhere and statues of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, are almost obligatory. The plane from Prague lands at Larnaca Airport, the second-largest city in the Republic of Cyprus. Although it is in the European Union, it is […]