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9/11: The bonfire of false certainties

The nineteenth century French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville was writing about ā€œlā€™ancien regimeā€ less than a lifetime after the 1789 French Revolution. The French people, Tocqueville wrote, had cut their destiny in two and were…

Well done, NATO!

With the approach of the opposition to Sirte, NATOā€™s Operation Unified Protector over Libya will likely soon be scaled down. Nigh on ten years after 9/11, and after a grueling decade of controversy and division, the Alliance can finally…

La Spagna in crisi e il rischio populista

Il 2011 si sta rivelando un anno di svolta per la politica spagnola. Da una parte, i giovaniĀ indignadosĀ hanno invaso e continuano a invadere la scena pubblica del paese, richiamandosi direttamente alle dimostrazioni a cui i loro coetanei…