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Joschka Fischer
Has the project for European Union reached its end? Is further EU enlargement antagonistic to deeper integration? Should the global community of democracies assume greater responsibility for fixing the world’s problems? How can the Islamic world’s democratic deficit be closed? How dangerous is the threat of a nuclear Middle East? Is an independent EU defense capability compatible with NATO?
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Greek Lessons for Europe
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2010-02-26Europe’s leaders – first and foremost Germany and France – must act quickly to defuse the Greeck crisis. Doing so will not come cheap, and therefore will entail substantial political risks, but, given a global economic environment that promises scant sustainable growth in the coming years, things could get very tough very soon for the euro zone if they do nothing.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 3724
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Europe’s Ukrainian Linchpin
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2010-02-02
Frustrated by immobilism and corruption, Europe has turned away from Ukraine – a stance that could turn out to be a significant mistake. After all, Europe and Russia meet in Ukraine, and its fate will not only be a crucial factor in defining European security, but will also play a substantial role in future European-Russian relations.... read Comments: 6 Recommended: 0 Read: 4010
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Ignoring Serbia
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-12-31Just before Christmas, Serbia’s government formally submitted its application for EU membership. The reaction in Europe was deafening silence - a silence that the EU simply cannot afford, given the potential of Serbia's membership bid to bring about a successful and permanent reorganization of the Balkans.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 1 Read: 4112
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What Next in Afghanistan?
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-11-27
Those who are grappling with the Afghan riddle today should consider, first and foremost, the regional realities: can the West afford to withdraw? If not, we should stop discussing an “exit strategy” and get on with the business of attending to the neighborhood's many crises while stepping up out military presence and reconstruction efforts in the Hindu Kush.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 2 Read: 4825
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Twenty Years After the Wall
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-10-30Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 1989, many revolutionary consequences of that night lie behind us. But the real era of upheaval lies ahead, as 400 years of eurocentrism draw to a close and the limits of our planet's capacity to sustain the demands we place on it are reached.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 5295
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The Fight for Middle Germany
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-10-01
The secret of Angela Merkel’s election victory in Germany was to secure a majority for the center-right in order to pursue, more or less, a center-left policy agenda. While her new coalition will make some policy corrections that serve important constituencies and economic supporters, there will be no clear-cut change in policy direction.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 5495
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Quo Vadis, Iran?
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-08-26Iran is in the process of wasting the biggest historical opportunity the country has had since the revolution of 1979, and perhaps even in the last hundred years. This opportunity is called Barack Obama.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6409
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The Middle East in Motion
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-06-19
Great speeches are all too often underestimated as being mere words, when, in fact, they can have powerful consequences. This is obviously the case with President Barack Obama’s recent address to the Muslim world in Cairo, because – mere coincidence or excellent timing? – things in the Middle East have been in flux ever since.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 7790
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Germany’s Drift from Europe
Joschka Fischer Series: The Rebel Realist 2009-05-29Ever since the beginning of the global meltdown last September, Germany's government has focused almost exclusively on national crisis management, rebuffing all attempts at a European approach. Add to this the tensions in Franco-German relations, the blocking of a common EU gas market, and close cooperation with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and the worries about Germany multiply. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 9664
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