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By Justin Baker May 2010 Imagine an almost paradoxical dynamic whereby the state with the greatest defense posed the greatest threat to international strategic stability. In this dynamic, wars will no longer be won or lost based on the offensive prowess of the advancing military; rather, they will be won or lost based on a nation’s ability to [...] By Bécquer Medak-Seguín February 2010 For the casual observer, it may seem nonsensical that, to this day, Britain and Argentina fight over the rights to a sparsely populated island near Antarctica. The conflict over the islands the British call the Falklands and the Argentines call the Malvinas dates back to 1826, when Luis Vernet established a settlement on [...] By Kevin Taber February 2010 Recent events in Switzerland centering on the controversial adoption of legislation banning new construction of minarets – towers attached to Islamic mosques – prompted an international outcry from the Muslim community, and advocates of religious tolerance and human rights.1 In the post-9/11 world, it has become unnecessarily difficult for Western societies to divorce [...] December 2008 By Justin Baker At a climate summit recently held in Brussels, European Union (EU) leaders adopted two significant resolutions. The first resolution approved the “20/20/20” environmental sustainability targets for the year 2020. The second, more salient resolution was an economic recovery package worth roughly 200 billion euros as a response to the worldwide financial crisis. [...] November 2008 By Rafi Chaudhury The term ‘national bankruptcy’ is not being thrown around lightly in Iceland these days. In the last two months, the country’s three largest banks were nationalized, its stock market briefly suspended trading, and its currency, the Krona, stopped trading in foreign exchange markets. Iceland had been enjoying the fruits of a deregulation-led banking [...] July 2008 By Sarah Abravanelli Now, as a Franco-American, I could not let Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s visit to France and meeting with Sarkozy just pass without writing a column about it. After all, they went further than any other politician in terms of pop culture and “rock star status.” On July 26th, Barack Obama stopped by Paris for [...] June 2008 By Sarah Abravanelli In the past, the EU had failed to intervene in the issues concerning Iran’s uranium enrichment program and weapon proliferation, leaving the task to the United States and the UN. The EU’s involvement in the issue came just three days after Israel threatened to attack Iran if the latter did not halt uranium [...] |
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