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Foreign Affairs: Matthias Matthijs & Daniel R. Kelemen: ‘Reforms That Will Save The EU From Irrelevance’

Source:The New Democrat I’m not suggesting that in the short-term the European Union go from essentially a regional United Nations, even though it’s a lot more effective and run a lot better and I would argue a lot more important … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Kevan Harris: ‘How to Reform Iran’s Theocracy’

Source:The New Democrat Before the Islāmic Revolution in Iran in the late 1970s Iran was already an authoritarian state, but in the form of a monarchy under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was the Shah of Iran. Who was basically their … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Lane Kenworthy: America’s Social Democratic Future

Source:The New Democrat  The Affordable Care Act even though health insurance won’t be expanded to all Americans even when fully implemented and that is one of the weakness’s of it, which is why I was in favor of the public … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Michael Kazin: ‘The Tea Party is Special, Just Not in The Way it Thinks’

Source:Foreign Affairs– Yes, the Tea Party loves Sarah Palin. Also in the news: it snows in the winter, in Wisconsin. “As proudly patriotic as it is, the Tea Party is not exceptional — or at least not in the ways … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Francis Fukuyama: ‘The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class’

Source:Foreign Affairs– welcome to Washington. “Something strange is going on in the world today. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 and the ongoing crisis of the euro are both products of the model of lightly regulated financial capitalism … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Edward Conrad & Fareed Zakaria: ‘How to Fix America’

Source:Foreign Affairs– with their rebuild American plan. “In “Can America Be Fixed?” (January/February 2013), Fareed Zakaria argues that American democracy has grown increasingly dysfunctional since the 1970s and that “a series of lucky breaks” — namely, the end of inflation, … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Jal Mehta: ‘Why American Education Fails’

Source:Foreign Affairs Magazine with a look at American education. “In his landmark 1973 book, The Coming of Post-industrial Society, the sociologist Daniel Bell heralded the United States’ transition from a labor-intensive economy that produced goods to a knowledge-based one geared … Continue reading

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