http://www.fpif.org/regions/europe FPIF Regions: Europe and Central Asia Sun, 19 May 2013 14:38:57 -0400 en-us 38.880112-77.023621 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/2mmyVwYvnzs/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 From the decline in democracy to the rise in the price of peace.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/2mmyVwYvnzs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/nplvIf_BmVE/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:33 -0400 In order to qualify for the next loan installment, Prime Minister Coelho must convince the European Union and the IMF that he can make draconian cuts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/nplvIf_BmVE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/z5S6m7MN75E/would_pakistan_respond_to_indias_use_of_conventional_weapons_with_tactical_nukes http://www.fpif.org/blog/would_pakistan_respond_to_indias_use_of_conventional_weapons_with_tactical_nukes Thu, 09 May 2013 08:51:33 -0400 Theoretically Pakistan is poised to respond to Indian military retaliation for a terrorist strike with tactical nukes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/z5S6m7MN75E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/would_pakistan_respond_to_indias_use_of_conventional_weapons_with_tactical_nukes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/hmkrVViREMw/high_times_in_yugoslavia http://www.fpif.org/blog/high_times_in_yugoslavia Tue, 07 May 2013 08:28:55 -0400 During global protests in 1968, Yugoslavian youth protested communist privileges and economic inequalities.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/hmkrVViREMw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/high_times_in_yugoslavia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/DPr1QYUAkcA/turkey_brings_refugees_out_of_the_shadows http://www.fpif.org/articles/turkey_brings_refugees_out_of_the_shadows Mon, 06 May 2013 11:18:13 -0400 Turkey is in the process of normalizing its asylum procedures and providing legal assistance for refugees seeking safety within its borders.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/DPr1QYUAkcA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/turkey_brings_refugees_out_of_the_shadows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/-BP2arTFvvw/rock_the_regime_the_velvet_revolution http://www.fpif.org/blog/rock_the_regime_the_velvet_revolution Fri, 03 May 2013 08:15:37 -0400 There wasn't always samizdat. But there was always rock 'n roll.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/-BP2arTFvvw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/rock_the_regime_the_velvet_revolution http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/74X03w7JsDA/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown http://www.fpif.org/articles/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:07:07 -0400 Despite Cyprus' small size, the implications of its bailout deal deal could have serious consequences for the eurozone.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/74X03w7JsDA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/explaining_the_cyprus_shakedown http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/rOlL_Ablenk/you_dont_know_squat http://www.fpif.org/blog/you_dont_know_squat Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:45:01 -0400 When the Berlin Wall fell, squat culture expanded as Berliners took over abandoned properties in East Berlin.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/rOlL_Ablenk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/you_dont_know_squat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/emWNk6G5eik/france_down_with_same-sex_marriage_and_adoption http://www.fpif.org/blog/france_down_with_same-sex_marriage_and_adoption Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:43:22 -0400 France is the ninth country in Europe and fourteenth in the world to legalize gay marriage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/emWNk6G5eik" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/france_down_with_same-sex_marriage_and_adoption http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/krdxSimA0qA/cross-posted_from_the_foreign_policy_in_focus_blog_focal_points http://www.fpif.org/blog/cross-posted_from_the_foreign_policy_in_focus_blog_focal_points Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:09:41 -0400 Hasn't Chechen separatists' beef always been with Russia?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/krdxSimA0qA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/cross-posted_from_the_foreign_policy_in_focus_blog_focal_points