Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Europe’s common foreign policy is dead on arrival. James Kirchick April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 Brussels It’s supposed to be the crowning achievement of the decades-long dream that is European integration: Last December, the European Union inaugurated its European External Action Service (EEAS). Intended to implement the […]
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By Philip Stephens Financial Times April 14 2011 America’s GIs are waving goodbye. Good Europeans should cheer them on their way. More than two decades have passed since the end of the cold war. You do not have to be French (or Russian) to agree it’s time for the Yanks to
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OPINION APRIL 13, 2011 Athens Descends Into Anarchy The real Greek disease is contempt for the law, and the political failure to combat it. By TAKIS MICHAS Athens Greece’s public debt may reach 150% of GDP this year, an alarming possibility that has captivated outside observers. But in the final analysis, the major issue confronting
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APRIL 8, 2011 France Resurrects Border With Italy By STACY MEICHTRY VENTIMIGLIA, Italy—The migration wave unleashed by North African unrest has prompted France to resurrect its border with Italy—a barrier that was supposedly consigned to history’s dustbin with Europe’s unified economy. France is trying to stem a wave of North African migrants from entering through
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APRIL 7, 2011 Up to 200 Refugees Missing in Cold Waters, 15 Found Dead; Europe Struggles With Influx From Turbulent North Africa By STACY MEICHTRY ROME—Italian authorities were losing hope of rescuing more than 200 migrants who remained lost at sea on Wednesday after a boat that had been ferrying them from Libya to Italy
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FROM ISSUE NUMBER 7 ~ SPRING 2011 Beyond the Welfare State YUVAL LEVIN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: But what seemed like the long-awaited triumph of the liberal agenda in America may actually prove to be its unraveling. When historians consider it in retrospect, the economic crisis of 2008 might well be seen as having marked
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Human Event’s Uncommon Knowledge interview with Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institute
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APRIL 2, 2011 ‘The Tyrannies Are Doomed’ The West’s leading scholar of the Middle East, Bernard Lewis, sees cause for optimism in the limited-government traditions of Arab and Muslim culture. But he says the U.S. should not push for quick, Western-style elections. By BARI WEISS Princeton, N.J. ‘What Went Wrong?” That was the explosive title
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MARCH 31, 2011 Obama Bungles the Libya Speech The president seems irresolute and unreliable, even when doing the right thing. By KARL ROVE Wars, even good ones, require worthy explanation and justification. Both were missing in President Obama’s address to the nation on Monday night. While the president’s speech on Libya was adequate at times,
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MARCH 31, 2011 An assault on Estonia in 2007 disrupted banking and other services for over a week. By WARREN GETLER Last week, the European Union revealed that its headquarters had come under a major cyber attack, likely state-sponsored, on the eve of the EU summit. Earlier this month, the French announced that they had
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