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Bohemian Rhapsodies and Prague Winter
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I Was Born in the U.S.S.R.
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The European Identity and Artificial Processes
Will we ever live to see the formation of a European identity? Is there a way of speeding up this moment? While this might seem a rather abstract, or ivory tower, pseudo-intellectual subject that is…
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The Korean Leap into the Future
One of the poorest countries in the world became an economic superpower in two generations.
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Austria: Not Exactly a Miracle
During the current crisis, Austria is faring better than most other developed economies. Why is that?
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The Baltic States and the Euro: Protection from the Global Crisis (and Russia)
For the Baltic nations, introducing the common currency is the easiest way of forging closer ties with an integrated Europe and, more broadly, with Western civilization.
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Shale Gas Frustration
In Europe, large-scale shale gas production can first be expected in Russia, France and Great Britain. The oil and gas industry in Poland and in other states in the region still operates according to…
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Europe as Seen from Outer Space
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Burma Enters the World Stage
The political changes in a remote Asian country, larger than France and England put together, may alter the balance of power on the geopolitical chessboard.
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Egypt—The Cradle of Islamism
One of the most striking things revealed by a thorough examination of Egypt’s current political developments must be the meteoric rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, a distinctive movement which is…