Tag Archives: France

LVMH’s Bernard Arnault on “Reverse Globalization”

How has globalization affected how Europe’s richest man does business?

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Euro Crisis: Economic Turmoil, Political Backlash

How is the global economic crisis generating a political backlash — even in the prosperous core of the eurozone?

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The Jihad of America’s Founding Fathers

Why is the tension between the United States and the Muslim world far from a recent development?

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Europe’s Debt Crisis: The Most Difficult Decisions Are Ahead

Why is the euro area’s debt crisis only beginning — and how can it be overcome?

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Why America Is Like Imperial Spain (Part II)

What lessons can Imperial Spain's travails in the Netherlands teach the United States about Afghanistan?

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Why America Is Like Imperial Spain (Part I)

When it comes to the United States’ Afghan foray, why is it instructive to recall Don Quixote's futile quest?

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Middle Class and Globalization: A Big Power Comparison (Part I)

Which nation stands to lose the most compared to its own expectations, projected path and historic experiences?

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Haiti: Aid in a Time of Cholera

Why has outsourcing disaster relief work to NGOs failed in the case of Haiti’s cholera outbreak?

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Europe as a Figment of the Republicans’ Imagination

Is the Republican Party’s castigation of Europe nothing more than a political diversion tactic?

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Angela Merkel, Mick Jagger and the European Diplomacy Game

What do the EU members need to learn if they want to get what they need — and if they can’t always get what they want?

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