Tag Archives: Special Series: Global Governance — Europe

Attacking Germany Won’t Create French Jobs

Is it wise for the French to display inertia on economic reforms, while hoping for the election of a new German government? The UK’s former Minister for Europe weighs in.

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Education: The Key to Turkey’s Prosperity

Why does Turkey’s Finance Minister see education reform as his country’s biggest development challenge?

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Thatcher Lives! In Putin’s Moscow

Can you track the many ways in which Russia’s President and the UK’s late Prime Minister were alike?

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Thatcher Vs. Hawke: Whose Reforms Worked Best?

Who left behind a stronger economy: the warrior-like conservative British Prime Minister or Australia’s bridge-builder?

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France’s Cahuzac Affair: Not Just a National Farce

With so many scandals, is it any wonder that people not just in France, but everywhere are losing faith in their elected governments?

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Thatcher, Merkel and the Euro

What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?

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Turkey’s Conundrum: Women and Modernity

How did Turkey’s ban on head scarves inhibit the advancement of women’s rights?

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Germans Do Consume

Is it really true that German workers’ and consumers’ appetite for shopping and consuming is repressed?

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Snow and Politics in Hungary

Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?

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Europe’s Phony War: Austerians Vs. Deficitarians

Are European nations really well-advised to follow the alluring policy prescriptions of U.S.-based deficit boosters?

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