Tag Archives: Nicolas Sarkozy

A Preview of the French Elections: The Benefits of Hollande

Could it be that France is in for a repeat of its transformative early 1980s experience?

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Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen and Sartre

Does Woody Allen now see New York as heaven, as hell or as earth — or all three combined?

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Euro Crisis: Economic Turmoil, Political Backlash

How is the global economic crisis generating a political backlash — even in the prosperous core of the eurozone?

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America and Europe: John Locke vs. Saint Augustine

How have religious influences changed the way Americans and Europeans think about the role of government?

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Haiti: Aid in a Time of Cholera

Why has outsourcing disaster relief work to NGOs failed in the case of Haiti’s cholera outbreak?

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Angela Merkel, Mick Jagger and the European Diplomacy Game

What do the EU members need to learn if they want to get what they need — and if they can’t always get what they want?

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The Illogic of Czech President Vaclav Klaus

What accounts for Czech President Vaclav Klaus’s extreme skepticism about Europe’s future? Could he simply be channeling Ayn Rand?

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Lady Ashton Takes Europe

Will the existence of a High Representative enable the creation of an EU-wide, cohesive foreign policy?

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Headscarves in Turkey: Pulling East and West?

Why are women's headscarves so controversial in modern Turkey?

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Versailles, Take II?

What parallels may emerge between the G-20 and the aftermath of World War I?

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