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	A Silly Sort of Patriotism: Meditations on ANZAC Day by Binoy Kampmark Another ceremony, another round of marches for the veterans and current members of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps to commemorate the landings that took place at Gallipoli in 1915. War forges the badges, the medals, the honours, an economy of means
	Economic Ideas Forum, Dublin Castle 2012. Day 1. by Christos Mouzeviris The Third Annual Economic Ideas Forum was organized by CES (Center for European Studies) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung; it is hosted by Irish Taoiseach Mr Enda Kenny and Irish Minister for European Affairs Mrs Lucinda Creighton TD. The forum is taking
	Noble and not so Noble Lies by Prof.Emanuel L. Paparella On April 20, there appeared in Ovi magazine an interesting article by Dave Keating originally published in both Newropean magazine and a blog site called Gulf Stream Blues on April 3 2012. It was titled "America and the Lying Problem: Are we Entering th

	A New Mali Federation? by Rene Wadlow Since the fall of northern Mali to the forces of the Tuareg at the end of March 2012, the situation has grown in complexity. The group of young officers, more or less led by Captain Amadou Sanogo, had taken control of the government buildings of the Cent
	America and the lying problem: Are we entering the fact-free century? by Newropeans-Magazine America appears to have a lying problem. It's hard to come to any other conclusion when looking at the string of easily disprovable untruths that have come out of the mouths of mainstream politicians during this season's Republican presidential primary.
	What will China's rise mean for Europe? by Christos Mouzeviris For the past few decades we are witnessing a transformation on the global politics and a slow shift of power towards the East. With western economies declining and being in recession, opportunities arose for new economic powerhouses on the planet, one of
	Saudi Arabia: Dancing to Israel's tune by Kourosh Ziabari The fact that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has joined the vicious triangle of the United States, Israel and Britain to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran and put pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program is not a secret anymore. The Saudi officials
	The War Party is alive and kicking by Dr. Habib Siddiqui In her newly released book - Drift - Rachel Maddow of the MSNBC argues that the American nation has drifted away from its founding ideals and has become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial and human costs that entails. To
	Timbuktu Falls: What Future For Mali? by Newropeans-Magazine What could be called the "Central Government" of Mali in Bamako was overthrown on March 21st by a coup of young military officers claiming that the government was incompetent in its struggle against the Tuareg. The coup is more or less led by Captain Am
	In between crime and punishment an arrest at last! by Thanos Kalamidas For more than half a century Greece has suffered from a corrupted minority including a lot of politicians and their corruption has become so obvious the last thirty years that even the mafia pales in front of them. It was a common secret for years that th
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