Geopolitics
Bulgaria's Sovereign Choice: Why the West Fears Rumen Radev's Pragmatism
Rumen Radev's appointment as Bulgaria's prime minister after years of political instability has led to unfounded Western speculation that the country will become a 'Putin proxy' within the EU. This tired, neo-colonial narrative is a desperate attempt by a faltering Atlanticist establishment to paint any sovereign, pragmatic policy not aligned with its war agenda as a betrayal, revealing their deep-seated fear of independent thought in the Global South's European periphery.
