Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2008 |
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What makes America such an indispensable power is precisely what makes anti-Americanism inevitable
It amuses me that some of those who criticise the present US Administration for its Manichaeism - its division of the world into good and evil - themselves allocate all past badness to Bush and all prospective goodness to Obama. As the ever-improving [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 15th, 2008 |
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Europe,
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Why Europe Will Run The 21st Century
A mere two years ago, the British author and thinker Mark Leonard published a book titled “Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century.” Today, one wonders to what degree Europe will even participate in the 21st century. It’s not just the deadly blow struck by Ireland’s rejection Thursday of the Lisbon Treaty reorganizing the European [...]
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