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...Karen E. Smith [A] more mercurial United States, less consistent in its support for European integration, could force the EU to rely more on itself. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Karen Smith European Union liberal world...

...Matthew Goodwin [T]he drift toward Brexit reflected a slow but persistent shift in the overall structure and attitudes of the country's electorate. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Matthew Goodwin Britain United Kingdom...

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... nationalism climate change environment Baltic Lithuania Poland bloc power grid Kyoto protocol United Nations Framework Convention UNFCCC CEE WWF Bulgaria Romania Kazakh Kazakhstan exception 278 Achieving relatively easy terms under the Kyoto Protocol did not necessarily inspire post...

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... Colton Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitri Medvedev United Russia Gennadi Zyuganov Agency Strategic Initiatives Vladimir Zhirinovsky All-Russian Popular Front Mikhail Prokhorov 259 Russia s uncensored media, including its huge Runet (Russian-language internet space) and blogosphere...

... Advisory Council National Congress Indrani Bagchi India Manmohan Singh liberalization Narasimha Rao Sonia Gandhi United Progressive Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party 131 I am not such a culprit as I am made out to be, the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, told a roomful...

... Ossetia Samuel Charap Russia United 281 The 2008 war in Georgia planted a ticking time bomb under the bilateral rela- tionship, notwithstanding the dramatic improvement in ties under Presidents Obama and Medvedev. The Transformation of US-Russia Relations SamueL Charap On August 8, 2010, the US...

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... The Regents of the University of California Sri Lanka Tamils Mahinda Rajapaksa Sarath Fonseka Tamil Tigers Eastern Province Sinhalese Tamil National Alliance People's Liberation Front United National Party 158 Rajapaksa s patriotism merges nation and state, and it promotes a love...