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As we went to press with the
Winter 2024 print issue
of The European Conservative,
we kept hearing our conservative friends in the U.S. proclaim jubilantly:
“We’re so back!” The
election of Donald Trump has given the American Right a solid mandate. But
it’s not just Americans who are pushing back against corrupt bureaucrats
and ‘woke’ nonsense, or speaking up for traditional values and fighting on
behalf of Western civilization. Here across the Atlantic, the European
Right is also in the ascendant. In Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy, to
name but a few, there have been many encouraging, positive developments.
And with Javier Milei in South America, we cannot ignore that we are on the
verge of an historic moment—and now face the possibility of forming a truly
international alliance of nationalist-populists.
However,
neither the American Right nor the European Right are monolithic. There are
a variety of (sometimes conflicting) platforms and positions—and we think
these are all worth considering with seriousness and care. This gets to the
very heart of our mission: exploring the various conservative traditions in
Europe and around the world. In fact, at The
European Conservative, we have always sought to provide
coverage of the wide ranging intellectual and political developments on the
Right—even those considered ‘controversial.’
As
we near the end of this year, we reflect on the past three successful years
of this kind of work. And as we prepare to start 2025, we are well
positioned to expand this project by focusing on our various
products—namely print and online—and creating specialized teams for each.
Thus, from the beginning of January 2025, a new online division at the europeanconservative.com
website will sharpen its focus on current affairs and news, along with
commentary and analysis. The print division, on the other hand, will
continue to produce The European
Conservative—the lush, full-color quarterly magazine that so
many admire. Both divisions will be inspired by the civilizational values
that we think undergird all forms of conservatism.
As
part of this, The European
Conservative print quarterly will continue looking at some of
the important themes that are emerging on the Right—and explore how they
fit within various philosophical and intellectual conservative traditions.
The perennial questions that guide these efforts remain the same: What is
conservatism? Is there a ‘new Right?’ Is revolutionary or reactionary
conservatism the way forward? Is there a sort of neo-fusionism emerging?
Are there principles to which all on the Right can agree? And if Trump can
MAGA, can Europe MEGA? And as we consider these questions, we will continue
to build on our reputation as “Europe’s leading conservative
English-language quarterly of philosophy, politics, art, and contemporary
affairs.”
Another
aim at the print magazine is to provide content targeted at readers who
find themselves politically homeless—that is, ‘refugees’ from the center or
the Left—and who feel they have been abandoned by the increasingly radical
agenda of left-wing and mainstream parties. The Left is no longer the home
of the ‘working man,’ for whom today’s progressive elites have nothing but
disdain. It thus cannot be a surprise that right-wing parties everywhere
have been attracting voters from across
the ideological spectrum.
If
you are one of these disenchanted voters— or perhaps just a new reader of
our print quarterly—we welcome you. It is a place for the exploration of
books, ideas, and positions; for serious engagement with new political
theories; and for reflection on the future of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
And The European Conservative quarterly
magazine will continue to offer cutting-edge writing from across the
dissident and ‘disruptive’ Right. We hasten to remind readers that we also
firmly believe in civilized discussions and vigorous debate as sound paths
to understanding.
As
we have so often stated, “we publish … a range of viewpoints on the Right,
broadly conceived, including but not limited to: agrarians, anti-statists,
classical liberals, decentralists, integralists, monarchists, nationalists,
populists, radical localists, sovereigntists, and defenders of the
Judeo-Christian and Western tradition.” But we are not beholden to any of
them.
In
everything we plan to do in 2025, we will remain committed to providing
content that reminds us of beauty, elevates the mind and soul, and points
our eyes toward Heaven. Who knows … in the process, we might even be able
to save the West. Join us.
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