Overview
- In pieces published by American Greatness, a Daily Signal video transcript, and a Daily Caller column, Hanson outlines four linked threats he says are driving instability in Europe and across the West.
- He argues rapid shifts away from nuclear, coal and oil toward subsidized wind and solar have pushed energy costs higher and eroded competitiveness, citing Germany as a leading example.
- On migration, he points to Angela Merkel’s 2015 refugee decision and claims weak assimilation and fiscal strains have intensified social tensions in countries including France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.
- He highlights fertility rates of about 1.4 in Europe and 1.6 in the United States, warning of aging populations, pension pressures and increased reliance on migrant labor.
- He characterizes DEI initiatives as fostering tribalism over individual merit and urges reversals on energy policy, border enforcement, family formation incentives and group-based preferences, calling the problems correctable.