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EUROPE
Spain’s new coalition appears flimsy
Spain’s new governing coalition seems trapped like a bull between two banderilleros. A series of four general elections in the…
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POLITICS
The state of Europe
By Matthew Mai Europe these days seems to be on the verge of irrelevance and with the recent conclusion of…
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EUROPE
Spanish voters rebuff radical right — for now
By Monica Clua Losada, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Thanks to massive voter turnout in Spain’s April 28 general…
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Editor's Picks
What’s left of the Left: How Spain can revive Europe’s liberals
Center-left leaders have vanished from Europe’s political scene, gradually disappearing like characters in Marty McFly’s family portrait. Within the past…
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EUROPE
Azerbaijani soccer club gives hope to battered region
By Elin Suleymanov A scrappy soccer team from a tough part of the world just finished a gallant run in…
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ASIA
The dilemma of China’s dealing with the independent movement in a sovereign state
By Wang Li On October 27, the Catalonian autonomous region’s parliament voted to pass the motion for “independence” and then…
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EUROPE
Politics of identity, secessionism and communal plurality
By Ben Tanosborn Patriotism is, fundamentally, if we follow George Bernard Shaw’s dictum, a conviction that a particular country is…
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EUROPE
Spain must act intelligently in its approach to Gibraltar, says foreign minister
Spain’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, said that he believed Gibraltar should be Spanish, though he added Spain must be intelligent…
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BUSINESS
Olympic Games help Brazil break record of visitors last year: 6.6 million, 2 million from Argentina
Brazil saw a record number of international tourists in 2016, boosted by the first Olympic Games held in South America,…
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EUROPE
Brexit: A geopolitical conundrum
By Matthew F 20% of nations facilitate 80% of globalization. After being stoked for years by British politicians, “Euroskepticism” has…
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