Reflections on Cyprus, Iran, Syria, and President Obama’s trip to Israel
March 24, 2013 1 min. read

On March 22, 2013, WVUM, the student radio of the University of Miami, invited me into its station in order to discuss the mess taking place in Cyprus. Despite talking for almost 15 minutes on the roots of the crisis in Cyprus and the ECB’s ultimatum, I could not resist continuing the discussion on Iran, […]

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The Euro is Saved but What About Europe?
March 22, 2012 4 min. read

Considering the unpredictability of fear-driven markets the eurozone is not yet out of the woods. Neverthless,  it doesn’t seem unreasonable to say that Europe has ridden out the worst of the storm. The piecemeal rescue process has not been pretty, but the sum of measures taken – the incremental build up of a firewall, the six pack, […]

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Tensions in Europe: Is France Starting Fires all around Europe?
December 22, 2011 7 min. read

This end of year has been quite tumultuous in Europe: European citizens are in the street, rating agencies threaten to downgrade the rating of some members of the Eurozone, the race to elections is going full speed in several EU countries, all this taking place in a dire economic and political climax. The political debate […]

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Why Europeans Need More EU, But Don’t Want It
November 16, 2011 5 min. read

Brussels has always had a bum rap in Europe. Brussels is that faraway place where decisions are made over the heads of people. Brussels is considered undemocratic and technocratic, and is contrasted unfavorably with the familiar closeness of national politics. In the past 40 years or so, selling the EU to the public has often […]

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FPA National Opinion Poll: German Discipline for Euro Deadbeats!
October 25, 2011 4 min. read

The recent release of the FPA’s National Opinion Ballot Report once again provided valuable insights into the thoughts and opinions of informed Americans on the important foreign policy issues of the day. Among other items, the poll returned an overwhelmingly positive response to Germany’s insistence on austerity measures for the crisis stricken euro countries. By a […]

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