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Hard truths about Europe’s soft power
By Nick Witney - Jul 18, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 18, 2014 00:18
In the run-up to last December’s European Union defence summit, British General Nick Houghton warned that the United Kingdom’s a ...
A new caliphate?
By Cole Bunzel - Jul 18, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 18, 2014 00:15
The recent declaration of a caliphate by the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is an unprecedented event in modern t ...
Renzi’s promise
By Fabrizio Tassinari - Jul 12, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 12, 2014 23:06
Watching Italian football fans last month, one might have thought that a World Cup victory was the country’s most important opportunit ...
Escaping the bear hug
By Merkhat Sharipzhan - Jul 09, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 09, 2014 22:56
Three former Soviet republics — Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — have now signed association agreements with the European Union, d ...
Military transparency and Asian security
By Shinzo Abe - Jul 08, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 08, 2014 23:00
We have all heard the saying, “Sunshine is the best disinfectant”. ...
Stop taxing the sick
By Rod Hunter - Jul 07, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 07, 2014 23:01
The debate over access to affordable medicines in emerging and developing countries frequently overlooks a critical issue: Governments in th ...
Income inequality, youth unemployment
By Mark Stephens - Jul 05, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 05, 2014 23:58
With Thomas Picketty’s controversial book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” topping several best seller lists, income ...
Mexico and Jordan — a close friendship
By José Antonio Meade - Jul 05, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 05, 2014 23:57
My visit to Jordan aims to stress our friendship, consolidate our understandings and promote our cooperation. I am delighted to be present ...
The infrastructure solution
By Martin Neil Baily - Jul 01, 2014 - Last updated at Jul 01, 2014 23:10
“Infrastructure, by the nature of the word,” former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright said in February 2013, “is ba ...
World Cup’s message
By Kent Buse - Jun 30, 2014 - Last updated at Jun 30, 2014 23:21
One billion people watched the opening match of the FIFA World Cup in São Paulo, Brazil, and hundreds of millions more tune in at som ...

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