# European & Post-Globalism News and Views European current affairs and perspective on global issues. What got us here and where are we going? Includes access to the defining book on Post-Globalism (paid subscription), plus books in the works - great offer! Page: Feed: --- ## [EU Central Bank Warns of the AI Bubble](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/eu-central-bank-warns-of-the-ai-bubble) _2026-08-19 · Hans Christensen_ The more severe scenario is not the AI correction on its own but a correction that coincides with broader market instability because today’s markedly less room to cut interest rates, fiscal policy use ## [Denmark: Restrictions on Use of AI in Schools](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/denmark-restrictions-on-use-of-ai) _2026-08-18 · Hans Christensen_ The government issued an immediate regulation against AI cheating, which contains initiatives that can be used in the short term to combat inappropriate use of AI in high school assignments. ## [Wildfires First, then Flash Floods](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/wildfires-first-then-flash-floods) _2026-08-17 · Hans Christensen_ Northern Spain hard hit by triple calamities: First extreme heat, then wildfires, then torrential rain and flash flooding. ## [China Upgrading the Northeast Passage](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/china-upgrading-the-northeast-passage) _2026-08-16 · Hans Christensen_ Russia is investing in the Northeast Passage along the Arctic coast of Eurasia from the Barents Sea to the Pacific Ocean, opening for shadow fleet traffic to China and back again to Russia. ## [Democracy on the Descendant](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/democracy-on-the-descendant) _2026-08-15 · Hans Christensen_ New yearly reports from V-Dem and the EU High Representative highlight the rapid deterioration of democratic rule in many parts of the world, with USA standing out. ## [Tesla Won Conflict With Swedish Union](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/tesla-won-conflict-with-swedish-union) _2026-08-14 · Hans Christensen_ Swedish union IF Metall ends the strike it has run for nearly three years against Tesla. All unionized workers were bought out or dismissed with compensation. IF Metall is forced to withdraw. ## [Italian Einstein Researchers Suffer Arson Attack](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/italian-einstein-researchers-suffer) _2026-08-13 · Hans Christensen_ Controversy about developing an abandoned Galena mine in Sardinia into a third-generation gravitational wave observatory. An arson attack last week and earlier botched bombing worry the community. ## [Record Gain for Norwegian Wealth Fund](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/record-gain-for-norwegian-wealth) _2026-08-12 · Hans Christensen_ After record gains in first half 2026, Petroleum Fund CEO Nicolai Tangen warns Norway is exposed to markets it does not control, to inflation, interest rates and crises that do not necessarily pass. ## [Greenland Kayak Parade in Copenhagen](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/greenland-kayak-parade-in-copenhagen) _2026-08-11 · Hans Christensen_ Celebrating UN’s International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the National Organization for Greenlanders in Denmark Uagut organized a festive Kayak Parade for Greenland in Copenhagen Harbor. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/f0fx1oDnLfAZ) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Smoky Wine](https://hanschristensen.substack.com/p/smoky-wine) _2026-08-10 · Hans Christensen_ Smoky white is an acquired taste in wine, just like Greek Retsina, perhaps. But French winemakers are doubly hit by heatwaves and wildfires that make them fear loss of income for failed harvest.