Roland Poirier Martinsson is a Swedish author, commentator, and conservative intellectual. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard offering European perspectives on American politics and analyzing Scandinavian policy debates. His writing bridged transatlantic political discourse, covering topics from European reactions to U.S. elections to Swedish reform efforts.
On the surface it seems clear why Donald Trump’s campaign is effective. His fame, bluster, wit, and intuitive sense for one-liners can be easily converted into media currency and are symbiotic with the mechanisms and values of the digital era. But none of this would avail were it not for a…
September 12 was a momentous day for Europe. It saw three separate events that in a powerful way may come to remake the European Union. First, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the nation’s parliament can ratify a new, permanent rescue fund for the eurozone, called the European Stability…