POINTS EAST & WEST
October 2012
'Since when does violence by those whose religious feelings are offended weaken America's resolve to stand by its values?'
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September 2012
'The Muslim Brotherhood may make us miss their predecessors. And they may forever disrupt the stability their predecessors guaranteed'
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July/August 2012
'America's president seems to have bought the argument that the US should not be a hyperpower. With that, its competitors will gladly fill the void'
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June 2012
'The problem is not austerity versus growth. The problem is that our social model — whether in France or Greece or elsewhere in Europe — no longer works'
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Points East & West
Emanuele Ottolenghi’s monthly column on international politics and the Middle East, written from Brussels.
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