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5 September 2011Trichet Urges Italy to Speed Up Austerity Plan
BY Gabriele Parussini, Sabrina Cohen
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Saturday urged Italy to quickly agree on and push for approval of economic measures aimed at cutting the country's budget deficit and Tagged Under austerity plan , bonds , ecb , EU , europe , european central bank |
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16 September 2011Ten Reasons For a European 'Yes'
BY Martti Ahtisaari and Javier Solana
It is not often that Europe has the chance to play a pivotal role on the world stage. But as the Palestinians push for recognition as a state at the United Nations later this month, the European Tagged Under Arab-Israeli conflict , EU , europe , European Union , Palestine , Palestine bid , two-state , United Nations |
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16 August 2011The slow death of Europe
BY Walter Laqueur
“The twenty-first century may yet belong to Europe.” Thus said the late Tony Judt, author of a widely praised history of Europe after the Second World War. Historians are not necessarily prophets Tagged Under Economics , EU , europe , political unity |
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28 July 2011Europe has a role to play
BY Raghida Dergham
America’s declining interest in international affairs and Russia’s return to a Soviet mentality have presented Europe with an opportunity to play a leading role in the international arena. The Tagged Under Arab world , Egypt , EU , europe , European Union , Israel , Libya , Palestine , Syria , Tunisia , Yemen |
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14 October 2011Democracy – an inventory
BY José Ignacio Torreblanca
With the camp-in on Wall Street, public anger over the crisis has ended up covering the entire political and geographic arc from Greece to the United States. At first glance, the two cases seem to Tagged Under Democracy , EU , europe , European Union , Greece , Idignados , Occupy Wall Street , OWS , Spain , United States |
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6 October 2011Russia’s Putin proposes a “Eurasian Union” — but it’s all about gas
BY Alina Inayeh
In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy Tagged Under Azerbaijan , Eurasia , europe , European Union , gas , natural gas , Putin , Russia , Vladimir Putin |
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9 September 2011Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy?
BY Katinka Barysch and Stephen Tindale
Will Europe have to fight for its energy with emerging powers suchas China? Is the emissions trading scheme enough to achieve European climate goals? Should the EU get involved in building Tagged Under Energy , energy infrastructure , EU , europe , European Union , Green energy , natural gas |
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14 October 2011From Wall Street to Main Street: The expanding American civil conflict
BY Glenn Nye
Civil unrest is breaking out on both sides of the Atlantic. This year, Greek protestors took to the streets in resistance to government austerity measures. Riots broke out in London neighborhoods Tagged Under Economics , EU , europe , Occupy Wall Street , OWS , United States , US , wall street |
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21 November 2011World Bank: China faces Europe risk, soft landing possible
BY Stanley White
In a semi-annual East Asia and Pacific economic update, the World Bank nudged up its 2011 growth forecast for China but expects growth to moderate from next year as overseas economies slow and Tagged Under China , crisis , Debt , euro , euro zone , europe , renminbi , World Bank |
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20 November 2011It's not just our leaders who are in a crisis - Democracy itself is failing
BY Peter Beaumont
Are the following intimations of a global crisis in the legitimacy of western democracy? Ireland's confidential budget plan, unseen by the Irish electorate, is leaked by European finance Tagged Under austerity , Democracy , Economics , europe , leaders , media , north america , West |