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Obama Has two narratives on Afghanistan

Friday, 4 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

In President Barack Obama’s twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there...

The Vote on 9 May

Friday, 4 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The past week, I contributed to the parliamentary debate on budget measures. It is the bill that will be concluded with a vote in Parliament on Wednesday...

A Berlin Consensus?

Thursday, 3 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A recent trip to Berlin brought back memories of an earlier visit in the summer of 1967, when I was a poor student who marveled at the Wall that would divide and devastate an entire society for another two decades....

Joseph’s ‘mettocracy’

Thursday, 3 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The leader of the Opposition was out on the hustings on Labour Day, rallying support for what he repeatedly called his ‘mettokrazija’....

Reinventing The Sino-American relationship

Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

China and the United States are in the grip of major structural changes that both dread will end the Halcyon era when China produced low-cost goods and the US bought them...

The Need for a Vulnerable Persons’ Act

Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is well-known to many a Maltese family how someone can abuse of an elderly person at the end of life and have their testament (will) changed in the last few days without the knowledge of other people involved...

Go Back to your country

Monday, 30 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

You never forget the first time you’re told to “go back to your country.” It’s like being punched in the heart and stomach simultaneously....

The Ghost of North Korea

Monday, 30 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At 7:39 a.m. on 13 April, North Korea fired a missile (which it called a satellite launch) in the face of opposition from almost the entire international community. ...

The Hollande Wave swamps Europe

Sunday, 29 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Even before he is elected as France’s next President, François Hollande is already making waves in a Europe that is weaker, much weaker, than it thinks it is....

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