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Saturday, 4 June 2011
Five reasons why Europe is cracking up, José Ignacio Torreblanca...
In Germany, France and Italy, but also in many other places, we find ourselves confronted with a generation of leaders ever more shortsighted and given over to electioneering: among them, none speak to Europe nor for Europe.
German angst and catastrophic modernity: switching off nuclear power, Holger Nehring
Germany's decision to decommission its nuclear power stations is the outcome of a half century of anxiety about technocratic modernity.
Calling time on the January Revolution?, Ewan Stein
The forces of 25 January will have to take a long-term view on completing the Egyptian revolution, as both the military and Islamist groups seem keen to consolidate gains
May and the Bermuda Triangle, Pedro Vilanova
Real Democracy Now, if it had done nothing else, has rescued a supine Spanish electorate from the stultifyingly boredom of the recent election period. However, people still turned out to vote. So what’s new?
Italy, the radioactive democracy, Giulio D’Eramo
An Italian vote on nuclear energy coming up June 12 could well have a disastrous impact on the whole of Europe. Berlusconi and the Italian media are hoping that no-one has noticed.
The nuclear dilemmas of South Asia, Yogesh Joshi
An accelerating nuclear arms race between a fragile Pakistani government aiming at a strategic balance with India and an Indian state that ignores its neighbor's security concerns is on the verge of spiraling out of control, says Yogesh...
After Obama’s Middle East speech: save Palestinian reconciliation , René Wildangel
To get beyond the current impasse in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the "Quartet principles" need to be abandoned in favor of an active promotion of Fatah-Hamas reconciliation.
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, John Booth
Owen Jones' new book documents the changes that have turned the working class into an object of fear and ridicule
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