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Is Germany to be blamed for euro-zone instability?
February 13, 2012“I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction.” The statement belongs to George Soros, the Hungarian-American business magnate, in a recent interview given to the German magazine...
European leaders meet in Brussels to decide EU's economic future
January 30, 2012The European leaders are expected to arrive today in Brussels at the first European Council meeting for this year. The European officials will discuss about the way to resolve the debt crisis within the European Union. A special attention will be paid...
Europe's crisis: Beyond finance (Stratfor)
November 15, 2011By George Friedman/ Stratfor/ Austin, Texas -- Everyone is wondering about the next disaster to befall Europe. Italy is one focus; Spain is also a possibility. But these crises are already under way. Instead, the next crisis will be political, not in...
Jaroslaw Suplacz: Poland on its way to Greece
August 09, 2011A stimulated GDP The Polish GDP is strongly influenced by a stream of financial transfers from the European Union, in 2010 the net income from the EU budget was about 8 billion euro. Were it not for the transfers from the Union, the change of the Polish...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
The Price of Regional Hegemony
June 28, 2011The alternative to the regionalization of Europe is clear German leadership that underwrites — economically and politically — greater European integration. If Berlin can overcome the anti-euro populism that is feeding on bailout fatigue in...
June 28, 2011We therefore see Europe evolving into a set of regionalized groupings. These organizations may have different ideas about security and economic matters, one country may even belong to more than one grouping, but for the most part membership will largely...
June 28, 2011The eurozone crisis — which is engulfing EU member states using the euro but is symbolically important for the entire European Union — is therefore a crisis of trust. Do the current political and security arrangements in Europe — the...
June 28, 2011The European Union is a confederation of states that outsources day-to-day management of many policy spheres to a bureaucratic arm (the European Commission) and monetary policy to the European Central Bank. The important policy issues, such as defense...
June 28, 2011Europe continues to be engulfed by economic crisis. The global focus returns to Athens on June 28 as Greek parliamentarians debate austerity measures imposed on them by eurozone partners. If the Greeks vote down these measures, Athens will not receive...