I. European Union and Czech Republic After ten years of the integration of Czech Republic into the EU there has been no evidence of an enhanced public opinion on the European Union. Principally over the last three years, this has…
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Lessons to the EU from Latin America
INTRODUCTION The third wave of democratization, which led Francis Fukuyama to advance the bold prediction of the “end of history”, after the fall of communism in USSR, in 1989, seems to have come to a stop. In many parts of…
EU Crisis and Common Identity
1. Introductory Remarks: the vicious circle of the EU democratic gap There is now a broad consensus among economists, political scientists and journalists about the nature of the EU crisis: it is not only an economic crisis, but a governance…
Part I: General trends & the end of Western Civilization
The political and economic issues broadly discussed in the media usually revolve around political cycles, terrorism, foreign policy, rising debt levels, sluggish economic performance, academic underachievement, environmental problems, ageing demographics and so forth. In our view, this all ties into a major…
Social Media as a political battleground
One of the first major changes in the digital sphere in 2018 was a drastic overhaul of Facebook’s algorithms affecting what content people saw in their feed. It was a move away from pages and sponsored content, it was a…
A clear vision and concept about refugees arriving in Romania
Romania will not become a transit point to the West for refugees arriving in Turkey. Population migration is very old. The great migration from the end of the ancient period and the beginning of early slavery played an important role…
The Biblical and Rabbinic origins of an important western value
There are differing definitions of equality today. In some circles it is equality of opportunity, which can mean affirmative action quotas; to others, quotas may mean inequality, as it might be felt that it discriminates against others. The Hebrew Bible…
Everything about Judaism
Among the main reasons that decided me to approach this topic, it is because I have always been passionate about knowing, studying and investigating the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). Perhaps because my ancestors were Jews converted to…
Identity Challenges and Opportunities in the Middle East
I believe that there is much to discuss and much to discover about the identity of the Occidental civilization. Occidental is not just a geographical or cartographical description, but an identification with a heritage, a history, and a cultural and…
How to learn and speak many languages?
It’s not easy for me to answer the question: “How many languages do you speak?”. There are some that I only speak on a very basic level, while with others I am more comfortable. It all started because my favourite…
Women’s fashion in Islam: A difficult way for self-expression?
Fashion is tremendously important, not only at an economic level that produces continuous work for millions of people but, also, to create your identity. It’s great how most women can express what we feel from the outside, interpret according to…
Gender Inequality in Nepal
In general, gender inequality refers to disparities and inequalities between men and women. There are unequal treatment and opportunities due to perceived difference based solely on issues of gender. It is a major barrier for the overall development of the…
A difficult journey: struggles of Moldova with the EU integration
“We are not forming coalitions of states, we are uniting people.” Jean Monnet, 1952 Moldova is a rule of law state characterized by democratic principles, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. After the Soviet Union collapse, Moldova similar to other Soviet…
Georgia returns to the West
Brief Historical Overview Georgia, an ancient nation in Eastern Europe, has been a part of Occidental or Western World since its foundation. The country was one of the first to adopt Christianity in the 4th century. Since then, the Kingdom…
Europe’s identity crisis
In the last ten years, Europe was engaged in managing the effects of a multiple crisis: an economic and financial crisis, an institutional crisis, a political crisis and last but not least the still unresolved refugee crisis. The outer environment…
Should United States and Canada merge into one country?
Canada’s Global Alliances Following the end of World War II, Canadian politicians and diplomats were leading figures in the postwar efforts to help try and permanently re-order global affairs under a more stable regime of international law and regulation. Canada…
Why are Trump and Brexit good for Europe?
This article is about why Europe is in a very favourable position when it comes to assessing the global changes that are taking place at rapid speed these years. Often when we develop scenarios for the future we have a…
Persecuted Christians and a dying church in Eritrea
If you ask people, “Where is Eritrea?” most would have no idea. As a tiny Eastern African country the size of Pennsylvania, with a population a little over 5 million people, it does not attract much attention. However, it should.…
An unsolved question: the bumpy road of Western Balkans Region to the EU
In the last years, the Western Balkans were often back in the global headlines, but they never remained there for more than a couple of days: we notice the same trend in the last months. It should be sufficient to…
Welcome to OWmagazine
Welcome to OWmagazine, Occidental World Magazine, the OSI Western Studies Institute magazine and the magazine of all those who venerate the freedom of expression within the democratic margins that our western culture has been developing for the experience of millennia…