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Striking euro gold (and silver)
By Harold James PRINCETON: The alternatives for Europe’s currency, the euro, seem increasingly…
China and the Arab Spring
By Kelley Currie There has been speculation that China's authoritarians stood to benefit…
The Arab revolutions: A view from Sahel
By Modibo Goita Arab revolutions have caused regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and…
South Korea’s political springtime
By Lee Byong-chul SEOUL: The ascension to power of the pudgy 29-year-old Kim…
Egypt’s anti-Western future: Rhetoric or reality?
By Ron Gilran and Daniel Nisman Egypt continues to reel from the aftermath…
The German hour
By Jean Pisani-Ferry BRUSSELS: A series of developments over the last few weeks…
Schadenfreude capitalism
By Harold James PRINCETON: The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited first the…
Peril or Promise in North Korea?
By Javier Solana MADRID: Two days after Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, died…