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March 21, 2016
A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion
Ireland was a laboratory for every manner of colonial repression by the British; 100 years after the Easter Rising, it is once again—this time by banks.
Conn Hallinan
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War and PeaceNovember 12, 2015
The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them.
America’s leading Sunni ally is proving how easily hubris, delusion, and old-fashioned ineptitude can trump even bottomless wealth.
Conn Hallinan
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World LeadersNovember 4, 2015
Turkey’s President Gets His Majority—at a Terrible Price
To reverse his fortune at the polls, Erdogan reignited Turkey’s war with the Kurds, stood silent while mobs attacked his opponents, and unilaterally altered the constitutional role of his office.
Conn Hallinan
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The LeftOctober 14, 2015
Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal
In recent elections, left parties garnered more than 50 percent of the vote and austerity took a major hit.
Conn Hallinan
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ActivismMarch 25, 2015
Greece’s Golden Dawn: Fascists at the Gate
The party is deeply rooted in the political culture of Greece.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
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BankingMarch 4, 2015
Turning the European Debt Myth Upside Down
The debt crisis has little to do with poor budgeting and everything to do with crony capitalism.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Foreign PolicyNovember 14, 2014
How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield
As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation—or a battlefield.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Foreign PolicyJuly 7, 2014
ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East
Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Economic PolicyJune 9, 2014
Despite Rightward Trend, European Voters Reject Austerity Politics
Yes, the far right performed well in Europe’s elections. But wherever voters had a clear choice between economic democracy and right-wing xenophobia, they went left.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Foreign PolicyApril 9, 2014
How Ethnic Tensions and Economic Crisis Have Strengthened Europe’s Secession Movements
Borders may appear immutable, but events from Catalonia to Crimea prove that they are not.
Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus