The firings last week were utterly callous and dangerous.
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I am worried less about the threats of Russia or China and more about the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.
Europe's greatest foe... was not Russia, China, North Korea or Iran, but an enemy 'within.'
This is a crazy exchange. Does the media really think the holocaust was caused by free speech?
Does the media really think the holocaust was caused by free speech?
Our brand is toxic in so many places, and it is like, 'you are a Democrat?'
Securing a lasting peace in Ukraine is essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future.
The U.S. sending troops to Ukraine is 'on the table' if Russia does not negotiate a peace agreement in good faith.
We want the killing to stop, but we want to achieve a durable, lasting peace.
We don't have to agree with everything or anything that people say, but when political leaders represent an important constituency, it is incumbent upon us to at least participate in dialogue with them.
You cannot win a democratic mandate by censoring your opponents or putting them in jail.
In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat.
If your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn't very strong to begin with.
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China, it's not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within.