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Dec 21, 2010 | 1000 GMT Free

As much as financiers might like to believe, the checkbook is not the ultimate power in the galaxy.

Dec 14, 2010 | 0956 GMT Free

The disclosures provide an opportunity for feigning shock and anger or controlling atmospherics, but they do not change the structure of geopolitics.

Dec 7, 2010 | 0956 GMT Free

Simply put, there are fewer risks in Texas than in Central Europe. Part eight in a series.

Nov 30, 2010 | 0955 GMT Free

Historically on the edge of empires, Ukraine has dreamed of sovereignty without ever truly confronting what it means. Part six in a series.

Nov 23, 2010 | 0955 GMT Free

The transformation from an underdeveloped country emerging from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire to a major power is happening before our eyes. Part five in a series.

Nov 19, 2010 | 0018 GMT Free

I came to Moldova looking in the borderland for a nation that might be a counter to Russian resurgence. It turned out that while there were people living there, they were not a nation. Part four in a series.

Nov 16, 2010 | 0956 GMT Free

For Romania, national sovereignty has always been experienced as the process of accommodating itself to a more powerful nation or empire. Part three in a series.

Nov 4, 2010 | 0851 GMT Free

Though U.S. President Barack Obama no longer controls Congress after Tuesday's midterm election, he is still controls foreign policy. Whether he takes advantage of this is another matter.

Oct 26, 2010 | 0851 GMT Free

U.S. political dynamics will change with the midterm elections, which means the president could choose to act decisively on the foreign policy front.

Oct 19, 2010 | 0855 GMT Free

Europe and much of the world is coping with the struggle between cultures within their borders. But when the Germans do so, the stakes go up.

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