European Conservatives Ponder U.S. Elections
Article: 10 December 2010 – The Vienna Review: Voices of the New Europe.
The election of Barack Obama represented an American rejuvenation in the eyes of the world, this recent election represents a further loss of American mojo. Just two years after the election, many Europeans are scratching their heads: America seems back to “Bush Lite”. Americans may shrug their shoulders and say, “We don’t care what the rest of the world thinks”-- but that will only reinforce what the rest of the world thinks.
Article: 10 December 2010 – The Vienna Review: Voices of the New Europe.
The election of Barack Obama represented an American rejuvenation in the eyes of the world, this recent election represents a further loss of American mojo. Just two years after the election, many Europeans are scratching their heads: America seems back to “Bush Lite”. Americans may shrug their shoulders and say, “We don’t care what the rest of the world thinks”-- but that will only reinforce what the rest of the world thinks.
Book Review: Europe’s Promise, by Steven Hill
Book review: 01 November 2010 - Vienna Review (English language edition), by Joseph D. Rollwagen and Justin Mccauley. Steven Hill offers policy recommendations for a new American century by emulating Continental models. It’s not a perfect model; comparing Europe and the U.S. is comparing apples and oranges. Considering the extent of U.S. federalism, there are comparable areas of overlap, but there is also a limit to which you can juxtapose one large nation to 27 collective ones. America is the sum of all its parts, and so is the EU; however much of the EU’s dynamism comes from the fact that it is made up of sovereign states…
Book review: 01 November 2010 - Vienna Review (English language edition), by Joseph D. Rollwagen and Justin Mccauley. Steven Hill offers policy recommendations for a new American century by emulating Continental models. It’s not a perfect model; comparing Europe and the U.S. is comparing apples and oranges. Considering the extent of U.S. federalism, there are comparable areas of overlap, but there is also a limit to which you can juxtapose one large nation to 27 collective ones. America is the sum of all its parts, and so is the EU; however much of the EU’s dynamism comes from the fact that it is made up of sovereign states…
The Plight Of The Roma Minority: Signs Of Hope Amidst This Challenge To Rainbow Europe
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 14 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Hill had a fascinating interview with Professor Rudolf Sarkozi,
a recognized and sought-out European leader of the Roma, who gave his frank opinions on the persecution of the Roma, the recent French president Sarkozy’s policy of Roma expulsion from France, the general treatment of ethnic minorities in Europe and Austria, relations with other minorities such as the Turkish Muslim minority in Vienna, and other issues.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 14 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly. Hill had a fascinating interview with Professor Rudolf Sarkozi,
Salzburg: ’Why Don't You Have These Things For Your People?’
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 19 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly.
While visiting Saltzburg in Austria Hill discusses the concept of Europe and the social contract between European peoples and their governments with an elderly Austrian gentleman whose passionate words continued ringing in his ears long after their conversation ended: “In America, you are so rich—why don’t you have these things for your people?”
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 19 October 2010 - The Washington Monthly.
While visiting Saltzburg in Austria Hill discusses the concept of Europe and the social contract between European peoples and their governments with an elderly Austrian gentleman whose passionate words continued ringing in his ears long after their conversation ended: “In America, you are so rich—why don’t you have these things for your people?”
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