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The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

How a confrontation is shaping up between the US/NATO and the BRICS.

As the country’s fiscal climate worsens, signs point to the continuation of the same Mubarak-era policies that sparked the revolution.

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The eurocrisis fully exposes the folly of deficit mania in a time of recession. So why are the GOP candidates still oblivious?

In less than two years, Athens has changed from a reasonably prosperous capital to a broken city.

Joachim Gauck could offer too striking a contrast to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own devotion to a politics of small compromises. 

American decline in perspective, part two.

As the secretary of state makes a historic trip to the southeast Asian nation, what is at stake?