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Not a Global Crisis, But the West’s (And Keynes Can’t Help)

By Meghnad DesaiWhy is the current economic crisis in Europe and the United States likely to be unresponsive to Keynesian solutions?We are currently amidst a long recession, if not a great depression,...

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America, Enjoy the Downward Slide

By Meghnad DesaiCan the United States sustain its power? Even more relevant is the question, Is it worth it?It was Dean Acheson, the U.S. Secretary of State at the start of the Cold War, who coined the...

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American Anger and the Tea Party

By Meghnad DesaiA member of Britain's House of Lords explores the sources of Tea Party anger.The anger and the vehemence of the Tea Party people have an explanation. Average wages have risen hardly at...

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10 Reasons To Oppose Scottish Independence

By David Marsh, Meghnad Desai and John NugéeScotland’s independence would hurt Europe.The desire of smaller groupings of people, in democratically run and generally well-off states, to pin their...

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The Centennial Crisis Cycle and the Middle East

By Meghnad DesaiHow the West is implicated in the current fires burning in the Middle East.In August 2014, we “celebrated” the centenary of the start of the First World War. Much attention was paid to...

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Greece: Exiting the Euro Or Not?

By Meghnad DesaiThe Greek people and the German government may favor the same option. The Greek general election on January 25th looks like a referendum on Greece’s membership of the euro. If the...

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Why Greece Needs a Referendum

By Meghnad DesaiAnd why Germany should welcome it this time.The Greek debt-and-austerity negotiations are going according to a plan already seen. When George Papandreou was prime minister, he was...

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UK Conservatives and Labour Should Form Grand Coalition

By Meghnad DesaiA German style solution is needed to handle the fracturing of UK politics.One of the most stable democracies in Europe is looking fractured as Britain goes to the polls on May 7. A...

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Greece: What Lies Ahead?

By Meghnad DesaiTo protect the weak, Syriza has to extend a hand to the powerful, especially foreign investors. This is the first stage of a long divorce. The ECB will determine its pace. If Greek...

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After Paris: Long Cycles in Politics and History

By Meghnad DesaiThe world still awaits a resolution of the end of the Ottoman Empire, Caliphate or not.Even though the 11/13 attacks in Paris occurred within days of the annual occurrence of Armistice...

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Donald Trump: The Narendra Modi of America?

By Meghnad DesaiTwo outsiders in India and the United States, each determined to tackle their country’s exhausted political establishment.No one thought Narendra Modi was electable. He was loathed,...

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Smoke Chokes Delhi as Modi Reforms the Currency

By Meghnad DesaiDelhi pollution problem aggravates and India's Prime Minister just took the most radical decision ever to attack corruption.There are two pressing stories out of India, which have not...

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The Space Trump Fills in America’s Racial Politics

By Meghnad DesaiTrump has hit upon a unique vulnerability in mainstream U.S. politics on race and cannot be dislodged.Donald Trump has now gone beyond the limits that he had reached which were already...

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High Time for Europe to Wake Up

By Meghnad DesaiWhy it is in Germany’s own self-interest to take Donald Trump’s policy impulses on trade and defense seriously.Donald Trump has been treated in Europe as a figure of fun and disrespect,...

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Trump: Return to (Classic) US Isolationism

By Meghnad DesaiDonald Trump is a very imperfect messenger, but he heralds a lasting return to the traditional stance of US foreign policy.U.S. President Donald Trump has been in office for almost...

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Not a Global Crisis, But the West’s (And Keynes Can’t Help)

By Meghnad DesaiWhy is the current economic crisis in Europe and the United States likely to be unresponsive to Keynesian solutions?We are currently amidst a long recession, if not a great depression,...

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America, Enjoy the Downward Slide

By Meghnad DesaiCan the United States sustain its power? Even more relevant is the question, Is it worth it?It was Dean Acheson, the U.S. Secretary of State at the start of the Cold War, who coined the...

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American Anger and the Tea Party

By Meghnad DesaiA member of Britain's House of Lords explores the sources of Tea Party anger.The anger and the vehemence of the Tea Party people have an explanation. Average wages have risen hardly at...

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10 Reasons To Oppose Scottish Independence

By David Marsh, Meghnad Desai and John NugéeScotland’s independence would hurt Europe.The desire of smaller groupings of people, in democratically run and generally well-off states, to pin their...

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The Centennial Crisis Cycle and the Middle East

By Meghnad DesaiHow the West is implicated in the current fires burning in the Middle East.In August 2014, we “celebrated” the centenary of the start of the First World War. Much attention was paid to...

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