Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Russia turns away from the European 'idea'
“By their mentality and culture, the people of Russia are Europeans,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview this fall, addressing the centuries-old choice here between East and West. The real question, however, is whether Russia is – or even wants to be – part of today’s Europe. There is increasing evidence that the answer…
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European Union, Properly Construed
Reginald Dale, public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Hoover Institution media fellow, writes in the same edition of Policy Review. On a subject close to the heart of this weblog he writes about transatlantic relations – long essay but worth the read.
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Sovereignty and Democracy
Marc F. Plattner, coeditor of the Journal of Democracy and director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, writes an article in the latest edition of Policy Review. Another lengthy essay, this time on the EU and soverignty… take a look.
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Bill Hicks on the first Gulf War
People ask me where I stood politically you know. It’s not that I disagree with Bush’s economic policy or his foreign policy. But that I believe he was a child of Satan here to destroy the planet Earth. Yeah, I’m a little a little to the left there, I was. I was leaning that way.…
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The Law of War in the War on Terror
Ken Roth also has an essay in Foreign Affairs. This is going to take some time to read….
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A Strategy of Partnerships
Colin Powell with a long essay in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs. Excellent insight into the mind of Powell. Well worth the read.
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Eminem : a phenomenon in rap history
We may ask : what makes Eminem appear as such a phenomenon in rap music ? What are the main reasons of his success in the music industry ?
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The new sick man of Europe
Will Hutton argues that Italy is the new sick man of Europe. I would have said Ireland was.
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A symbolic step toward real EU defense
This may well be one of the more significant events of 2003. At their summit meeting in Brussels this month, Europe’s leaders decided to establish an autonomous European military planning element, independent of NATO. It will now come into existence despite powerful opposition by the Bush administration. This should be a lesson to Washington about…
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Europe vs. Bush
Jim Hoagland at the Washington Post discusses the Transatlantic relationship. Both the Bush administration, which has been overly dismissive of other nations, and its guerrilla critics need to remember Rule One of crisis behavior: When you are in a hole, stop digging.
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