Why Western Europe needs Russia as its permanent bogeyman

Oct 5th 2025 12:44pm EDT

Fear as governance: how elites distract voters from economic failure The West has mastered one art above all others: Manufacturing fear. Where once it was pandemics or migrants, now the supposed threat from Russia has become Europe’s new epidemic. By conjuring external dangers, Western elites distract from their own economic failings and keep voters in […]

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