On alliances – of the impossible, unlikely, circumstantial, conventional or emancipatory kind

In his recent text Greece: The Courage of Hopelessness  1 , Slavoj Zizek suggests that the EU is pushing the Greek government into siding with extremists like Ukip and Le Pen, and conceding (literally) ground to Russia as to threaten the position of NATO in the region; On alliances – of the impossible, unlikely, circumstantial, conventional or emancipatory kind