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- Category: April 2010
- Created on 20 April 2010
The 2010 British parliamentary election matters because:
- Of its potential repercussions for Europe and for transatlantic relations, notably on Afghanistan;
- The next government will face great challenges, not only to rebuild the economy but also trust in the political class after the shocking scandals that affected all parties.
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- Category: April 2010
- Created on 14 April 2010
Orbán Is Moderate Nationalist, But Far-right Also Making Gains
Fidesz, the center-right party led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, seems set to sweep Hungary’s elections, perhaps with a two-thirds majority in parliament, returning to power after nearly a decade. But the results of the first round of voting worries some people because of the winner in third place: Jobbik. It is part of a troubling trend in Europe in recent elections amid the economic meltdown.
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- Category: March 2010
- Created on 08 March 2010
In Practice, Leaders’ Refusal to Grapple with Immigration Breeds “Dark Tribalism”
Almost in a fit of absent-mindedness, major European countries have become magnets for immigration. Between 1990 and 2009, 26 million migrants arrived in Europe -- compared to 20 million to America – a country that (unlike Europe) naturally thinks of itself as a land of immigrants.
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- Category: Roundtables
- Created on 23 February 2010
On February 23, 2010, The European Institute held a special breakfast meeting of its Transatlantic Roundtable on Financial and Monetary Affairs with His Excellency Vassilis Kaskarelis, Ambassador of Greece to the United States, who spoke about the implications of Greece’s financial crisis.
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- Category: December 2009
- Created on 08 December 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has committed the Obama administration firmly to closer civil-military cooperation on development and humanitarian aid as a key component of the new U.S.-led “surge” in Afghanistan. (Watch her press conference in Kabul here.) In this initiative, she has outspoken support from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has voiced his conviction the Pentagon needs to operate in tandem with “soft power.” The two cabinet secretaries’ ability to see eye-to-eye is a change from recent eras in Washington when inter-agency conflict over policy dogged U.S. operations in combat theaters, including Iraq.
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