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View ArticleAs Putin Sets Back Democracy’s Clock, Russia Awaits its Next Revolution
As Putin Sets Back Democracy’s Clock, Russia Awaits its Next Revolution As if to provide a useful metaphor for Russian politics, Vladimir Putin recently emerged from the Black Sea, in a scuba suit,...
View ArticleThis is Where the Euro Crisis Becomes a Political Catastrophe
This is Where the Euro Crisis Becomes a Political Catastrophe We have now entered a very dangerous place, here in Europe, where the economic and monetary crisis is triggering a widespread crisis of...
View ArticleThe Inevitable Economics of Tahrir Square
The Inevitable Economics of Tahrir Square Cairo on Friday was a tableau of bloodied faces, firebombs and rocks, club-swinging soldiers and turbulent street battles. If this year began with a simple...
View ArticleDo the Chinese People a Favour, and Stop Calling Them ‘Western values’
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View ArticleDemocracy Comes From Voters, Not Political-Party Members
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View ArticleFrom Kiev to Cairo, The New Protest: Not For Democracy, But Against its...
From Kiev to Cairo, The New Protest: Not For Democracy, But Against its Rotten Fruits Kiev It seems as if the world has broken out in mass, government-threatening protests: Caracas, Ankara, Bangkok and...
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