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 divisions 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.
This editorial has been adapted from the Winter 2024 issue of the quarterly print magazine, now available here.
