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Estonia: A Move to the Euro, and Europe?

When I visited Estonia four weeks ago, I witnessed the bittersweet, albeit largely temperate, passing of the kroon, Estonia’s national currency since 1992.  As...

Babbling Towards Beirut: Lebanon Undone

Upon coming to from a nitrous oxide-induced coma this Monday, my dental surgeon told me that I’d been babbling endlessly about Lebanon as my...

A Sinking Feeling

Pacific islands take global warming into their own hands

A Government of Spies

How Russia’s political culture has failed to escape from the KGB

Germany’s Third Unification

The Merkel government should nip growing xenophobia in the bud

Mubarak for Life?

Egypt president’s desire to remain in power complicates the succession process

North Korea and China: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?

Never in recent decades have tensions in the Korean peninsula been so high. North Korea's recent artillery barrage against a South Korean island has...

Dealing With Chinaphobia

Among my American friends, I've not met a single person who hasn't had some kind of reaction after watching this. Of the recent spate...

Ghajar and the Middle Eastern Minority

In the high-powered, well-researched world of Middle Eastern border politics, everyone knows about the Golan Heights, the Litani River, and the Sinai Peninsula. But...

Here Comes The Bully: China’s Rare Earth Blunder

Two months ago, just when the Senkaku incident between Japan and China seemed to reach a deadlock, China played an unexpected card. Industries in...