On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was created ‘to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down’. Seven decades later, the largest military alliance ever created still exists. Yet we live in a different world with immense security challenges. Are we ready for this?

Is NATO ‘brain-dead’, as French President Emmanuel Macron has it said?

Or does it just have a new future ahead of it?

In this book, Theo Francken, Hendrik Bogaert and Peter Buy...

Who is Sinterklaas anyway?

How do we know that Zwarte Piet is not a slave?

What does that ‘wild noise’ mean?

And what is the real history and tradition of ‘Saint Nick’ and his black helper?

That and more you read in this well documented book for everyone who wants to honor a beautiful tradition.