[email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Sri Lanka protests debt economic crisis Gotabaya Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa There are few historical precedents for the events that unfolded in Sri Lanka between March and July 2022. Under the gaze of the global media...

... Lanka China India civil war reconciliation transitional justice Tamils Buddhists Muslims Mahinda Rajapaksa democracy constitution debt trap 137 Sri Lanka s ethnoreligious divisions are bound to continue as long as the likes of Rajapaksa dominate the island s political scene. Sri...

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...Anna Gelpern [S]overeign debt is a complex political institution, which cannot be reduced to creditor coordination or any other contract problem. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Anna Gelpern sovereign debt contract law...

... review euro crisis European Union France Germany Greece economic policy currency debt ideology Joseph Stiglitz Marcus Brunnermeier Harold James Jean-Pierre Landau For economists, the euro crisis is the gift that never stops giving. Casual observers might think it is on the back...

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...Barry Eichengreen It almost seems as if the European economic model is continuously experiencing an existential crisis. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Barry Eichengreen capitalism European Union euro debt crisis...

... 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California David Art Europe debt crisis radical right far right extremism Germany Nazism France National Front British National Party Spain Italy immigration 88 If Europe continues to pull...

... of the University of California Daniela Schwarzer Europe European Union euro debt crisis economy integration Germany 83 In 2012, the existence of the European Mon-etary Union with 17 member states was under substantial threat. At the moment, the pressure has decreased. Several decisions...

... Calleo Germany European Union federalism reunification Angela Merkel France debt crisis euro zone 114 PERSPECTIVE The European Union is often depicted as a bicycle a contraption that either advances or falls down. The pressure to advance is driven by a federalizing spillover effect...

... Union debt crisis sovereignty integration trade welfare regulation law norms 7 International politics based on law and norms has benefited European countries, and there is no reason to assume that other regions cannot benefit from it too. Why the World Should Worry About Europe s Disarray...

... of California Jonathan Hopkin Italy Silvio Berlusconi Mario Monti debt austerity economic reform labor market taxes technocratic 94 Italy may reluctantly accept being saved by Europe once again. But . . . [if] the country turns back to populism, there will be dramatic consequences...

...Daniel Gros A few nations' public debt problems have become a systemic, area-wide financial crisis because of the fragility of the European banking system. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Daniel Gros European Union debt...

...Franklin L. Hess The EU ought to…take a more pragmatic approach toward both the country's finances and the euro zone's economic future. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Franklin Hess Greece austerity debt crisis Constantine...

... of the University of California 3At the start of a new year, debt woes and Arab uprisings have hung ominous clouds over the planet, including risks of anoth-er economic downturn, fracture of the European Union, and protracted instability in the Middle East. It doesn t help matters that, at the same time, much...

... austerity debt 122 Cut spending, or become Greece! politicians in countries from Spain to Britain to the United States were admonished as the European debt crisis erupted a year ago. But unlike Spain and other debt-afflicted countries in the euro zone, the United Kingdom and the United States...

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