April 7, 2013

By Tim Glawion All five of the most failed states in the world lie in Africa, calculates the Fund for Peace in its 2012 Index. Mali, as a case in point, has been failing for months now, the army even went as far as fleeing when the Islamist insurgency attacked them. Only mother France’s troops … Continue reading “Failed, failing, failure – Is Africa disgracing our family?”

April 2, 2013

By Adriano Mancinelli It does not seem to be a good time for the European Union. During the last 5 years, the Euro-zone and the whole Union has been facing an economic crisis that has brought Greece to ruin and – some say – to give up democracy. A month ago, David Cameron announced that … Continue reading “On the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union”