Posted on 27 September 2011. Tags: European debt crisis, European Union, Greece, sovereign debt
As Odysseus was returning home from the Trojan War, he came to a narrow channel that enclosed two deadly monsters: Scylla and Charybdis. On one side – Scylla – a six-headed demon that devoured any sailors that came too close. On the other side – Charybdis – a kraken that would swallow massive amounts of [...]
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Posted on 18 July 2011. Tags: montevideo convention, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, state failure
On July 14, the U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to approve South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations. As the United Nations welcomes the new country of South Sudan, some critics are claiming that South Sudan is destined to become a failed state. This raises the question: what is a failed state, [...]
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