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March 30, 2009 | Public Opinion and its Influence in Foreign Policy Making

Rudi Guraziu: The debate between realists and liberals outlines the importance of public opinion in foreign policy making. However, its impact remains limited.

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January 23, 2009 | Political Liberalism At the Heart of International Trade

Scott Edward Hartley: The relationship between economic and political liberalism is central to sealing the fate of the international economy. If global trade is to flourish, the free exchange of ideas must be promoted and presided over by international organizations in order to countermand myopic trade policies.

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January 9, 2008 | Germany's Fear of Liberalism

Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler: claim that Germans are increasingly prepared to sacrifice freedom for security, as shown by the restricitve labour laws and the new minimum wage.

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January 20, 2010 | Obama: the Show Must Stop

After a year in office, Obama’s pragmatic leadership takes a Leviathan-like posture. ++ Supposedly outweighing the political balance towards government between corrosive liberal action and conservative dismantling practices, the electorate is sinking the president’s style. ++ Pragmatic big government confronts the American true “basic sense of equilibrium.” ++ Americans enjoy his

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February 19, 2009 | Beware of Creeping Totalitarianism

Britain has always taken pride in its liberalism: unrestricted individual liberty, a right to privacy, outmost respect for human rights. ++ But the current paranoia with CCTV cameras, data collection and unjustified surveillance threatens to sacrifice liberalism at the altar of national security, community cohesion and the “special relationship” with the US. ++ The upcoming Convention on Modern

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January 27, 2009 | "Draconian Laws" Will Not Contain Terrorism

Following the Mumbai attacks, Indian democracy has come to depend on Indian domestic policy; at no cost should the Indian state encroach upon civil liberties. ++ Rather, India should focus its policies on combating poverty and unemployment, in other words exhausting the sources which give support to terrorism. ++ The way to do so is to allow freedom of expression and thought, strengthen

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January 26, 2009 | The Dawn of Liberalism

US liberalism has enjoyed popularity in cycles. ++ In the 1980s, liberal ideas were at a low as social unrest and low wages reflected “liberal governance [as] demanding far too much sacrifice.” ++ Obama is eager to revive the pre 1970s conception of liberalism and to that end he needs the stimulus plan to work, energy plans not to shed labor and the American hegemony to be revived

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October 9, 2008 | America's Red Army

Red states vs. blue states, the red army against the blue, and Palin is the “Katyusha rocket” of the red forces. ++ The culture wars in the US must end fast. ++ The McCain campaign has used tactics that exacerbate the cultural differences of “conservative” and “liberal” Americans. ++ Even if Obama wins, the culture wars won’t end immediately - America needs to recall the true meaning of “liberal”

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