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Articles by Gideon Rachman
Rethinking Spheres of Influence
16 April 08
In Winston Churchill's memoirs, he records a meeting with Josef Stalin in October 1944: ""The moment was apt for business, so I said 'Let us settle our affairs in the Balkans. ... So far as Britain and Russia are concerned, how would it do for you to have 90 percent predominance in Romania, for us to have 90 percent of the say in Greece and go 50-50 about Yugoslavia?'
We Will Buy You
05 March 08
Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union in 1956, told the Western world, ""We will bury you.""
A Central Issue for the EU
26 October 06
Hungary's instability is by no means unique in Central Europe.
Half Wrong on Europe's Doom
18 October 06
Europeans of a nervous disposition should probably avoid going into bookshops on their next visit to the United States.
EIT Is a False Dawn
04 October 06
Rather than creating a new institution such as an EIT, the EU woudl do best to foster the ones they already have.
Clashing Civilizations Across the Bosphorus
20 September 06
The rituals of the ""clash of civilizations"" are by now well established.
Mobility Benefits
13 September 06
Could Europeans or Americans stomach the site of millions of illegal immigrants being deported?
