Italy remains, far as I know, a staunchly pro-NATO country.
My sense is that the majority of Turks have democratic instincts, and that future governments there could be far more democratic.
Huge numbers of liberal, democratic, educated Hungarians have left the country. I hold out no hopes for the place at all. After its little friend Vlad implodes, it will recede into total irrelevance.
March 12th, 2024 at 4:24PM
Italy remains, far as I know, a staunchly pro-NATO country.
My sense is that the majority of Turks have democratic instincts, and that future governments there could be far more democratic.
Huge numbers of liberal, democratic, educated Hungarians have left the country. I hold out no hopes for the place at all. After its little friend Vlad implodes, it will recede into total irrelevance.
March 12th, 2024 at 5:46PM
You’re absolutely right that a Trump/Putin implosion has more to do with desperate wish-fulfillment than anything else at the moment …
Though – okay – I actually think we’re watching – in very slow time – Trump’s implosion.