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Social Democracy and Human Security
In spite of the disastrous consequences of the Iraq war, there is still a need for maintaining global capabilities for human security.
Social democracy has to rediscover its internationalist and humanitarian roots. I do have more general views about the future of social democracy, which I will summarise in the first half of this article. But [...]
The new European Commission needs to use its Experience to stabilise fragile States
In the face of the political and military deterioration in Afghanistan international ambitions have been radically scaled back. The initial intent was to turn Afghanistan swiftly into a replica of a Western democracy. The new objective is to settle for any government that blocks terrorism. State-building has been abandoned both because it is evidently difficult, [...]