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State of the European Union Speech 2021

by Ursula von der Leyen

15 September 2021

STRENGTHENING THE SOUL OF OUR UNIONIntroduction
Mr President, Honourable Members,
Many are the people who feel their lives have been on pause while the world has been on fast forward.
The speed of events and the enormity of the challenges are sometimes difficult to grasp.
This has also (...)

“Orient Tendencies”

Ankara is losing its influence in Lebanon

by Wassim Raad

Beirut (Lebanon) | 12 August 2013

Two Turkish pilots kidnapped: Ankara is losing its influence in Lebanon
After months of delay in the case of the Lebanese hostages in Syria, an agreement was reached to resolve this issue. But the kidnappers, handled by Turkey, have not fulfilled their commitment despite the release of 43 (...)

How Donald Rumsfeld Discovered the Wild West in Latin America

by Greg Grandin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 May 2006

How fast has Latin America fallen from favor? Just a decade ago the Clinton administration was holding up the region as the crown jewel of globalization’s promise: All is quiet on "our southern flank," reported the head of the US Southern Command, General Barry McCaffrey, in 1995, "our (...)