Posted by Matt in June 18th, 2008 |
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Military alliances are always sold as things that produce security. In practice they tend to do the opposite.
The Cold war may be over, but you would never know it from NATO’s April meeting in Bucharest. The alliance approved membership for Croatia and Albania, and only French and German opposition prevented the Bush administration from adding [...]
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Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2007 |
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Opatija on the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia was a popular upscale holiday location in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now the resort is seeing its fortunes rise again as Austrian’s flock to buy real estate along Croatia’s Adriatic coast.
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