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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 22, 2016
Views from Tokyo: Should Britain vote to leave the EU?
People out and about in Tokyo offer their thoughts on the 'Brexit' referendum being held in the U.K.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2016
Must U.S. satisfy NATO's paranoid members?
The only way to get Europeans to make a more meaningful military contribution is to turn responsibility for their defense over to them. Washington should stop taking care of NATO.
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WORLD / Society
May 25, 2016
Greece begins slow process of moving migrants south from squalid Macedonia border camp
Greece sent in police and bulldozers on Tuesday to knock down tents and relocate hundreds of migrants who had been stranded for months in a squalid makeshift camp on the border with Macedonia.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2016
Abe leaves for Europe, Russia visits ahead of G-7 summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departs for a weeklong tour of Europe and Russia to lay the groundwork for the G-7 summit he will host later this month.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2016
Abe to take in Russia in weeklong visit to Europe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Britain and Russia from Sunday to May 7 for talks with their leaders, the Japanese government said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2016
Making the case against helicopter money
With the European Central Bank's expansionary policies having failed to push inflation rates back up to the authorities' target of 'below but close to 2 percent,' some economists are now advocating 'helicopter drops.'
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Apr 22, 2016
Kawaguchi developed unique training skills overseas
Masafumi Kawaguchi is not interested in the past. Not even in his brilliant American football career.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 12, 2016
Greece tries to lure wary migrants into centers before tourist season
Keen to clear the decks for its lucrative summer tourist season, Greece is trying to clear thousands of migrants out of its biggest port where they are sleeping rough by persuading them that they are better off in organized reception centers.
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WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2016
Migrants mired in muddy no-man's land as closed border bars way north
The closure of the Balkan route to migrants has left about 430 desperate people, mainly Syrians and Iraqis, trapped in a muddy no-man's land between Macedonia and Serbia, unwilling to go back to Macedonia but barred from heading to Serbia or farther north.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2016
Takata may consolidate European plant air bag output, cut jobs abroad
Takata Corp. may consolidate its air bag production in Europe and cut jobs overseas under restructuring to recover from a global recall crisis involving its faulty inflators, sources said Wednesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2016
Time to recall FDR's words
The U.S and Europe must avoid becoming monsters in their efforts to defeat a monster.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2016
Refugees, jihad and the specter of terrorism
The Mediterranean holds the key to Europe's security, yet little attention is being paid to shoring up the continent's southern flank.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2016
EU welfare states under siege
If freedom of movement within Europe is to be maintained — and if high inflows of non-EU citizens continue — European welfare states face a stark choice: adjust or collapse.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2016
Europe's problem: location, location, location
Europe is in the wrong place at the wrong time. And the consequences may rip it apart.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2016
'Illiberal democracies' trod a dangerous path
Instead of describing Europe's new authoritarian leaders as 'illiberal' we should be calling them what they really are: 'undemocratic.'
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2016
Make 2016 a better year for migrants
Dealing with the refugee crisis will be a profound test of the civic health of democratic societies worldwide.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016
Russia and Ukraine are finally breaking up
The ongoing political and economic separation of Russia and Ukraine will likely be completed this year.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2015
Germany is right to flout Russia sanctions
Germany has rallied Europe in support of Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia, but has been less diligent in their implementation.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2015
The role of patriotism in the age of globalization
Mainstream parties must reclaim the mantle of patriotism and redefine the national interest accordingly. In today's world, the national interest lies in managing openness — not in throwing it away.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2015
Europe has plenty of its own Donald Trumps
Populist bigotry about Muslims has already mainstreamed in Europe. Europeans haven't been outraged enough about that.

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