http://www.fpif.org/regions/europe FPIF Regions: Europe and Central Asia Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:38 -0500 en-us 38.880112-77.023621 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/cBAt0Q_7kWY/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality http://www.fpif.org/blog/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:35 -0500 The United States levels the moral playing field by blasting it to pieces.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/cBAt0Q_7kWY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/sequential_drone_attacks_double_the_brutality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/hIu6aDNNfFc/playing_one_side_off_the_other_only_hurts_pakistan_in_the_end http://www.fpif.org/blog/playing_one_side_off_the_other_only_hurts_pakistan_in_the_end Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:06:11 -0500 A state whose national-security policy is founded on duplicity founders there.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/hIu6aDNNfFc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/playing_one_side_off_the_other_only_hurts_pakistan_in_the_end http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/WCYmSrTa-c8/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe http://www.fpif.org/blog/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:14 -0500 The Project for Government Oversight has written a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta reminding him that it's U.S. taxpayers who pay for nuclear weapons in Europe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/WCYmSrTa-c8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/Pn6fA_vp6ww/scotland_rallies_anew_around_cries_for_secession http://www.fpif.org/blog/scotland_rallies_anew_around_cries_for_secession Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0500 The trumpets of Scottish independence are sounding again in Scottish Parliament.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/Pn6fA_vp6ww" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/scotland_rallies_anew_around_cries_for_secession http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/H-P_-sHhOfQ/cold_comfort_for_egypt http://www.fpif.org/blog/cold_comfort_for_egypt Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:36:05 -0500 The majority won by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's parliamentary elections presents its ruling junta with challenges.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/H-P_-sHhOfQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/cold_comfort_for_egypt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/xWtQg7mH-Wo/nick_cleggs_pro-israeli_pronouncements_pale_beside_washingtons http://www.fpif.org/blog/nick_cleggs_pro-israeli_pronouncements_pale_beside_washingtons Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0500 When it comes to blowing Israel's horn, British Deputy Prime Minister Clegg is not in the same league as Newt Gingrich -- or President Obama.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/xWtQg7mH-Wo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/nick_cleggs_pro-israeli_pronouncements_pale_beside_washingtons http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/VJtboNmrXbs/is_latvia_an_example_to_other_states_in_economic_crisis http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_latvia_an_example_to_other_states_in_economic_crisis Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Austerity packages and job cuts have not solved lack of consumer confidence in the Latvian banking system or financial officials.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/VJtboNmrXbs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_latvia_an_example_to_other_states_in_economic_crisis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/PGYxMnH52uQ/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to http://www.fpif.org/blog/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0500 A personal post on the similarities with which a progressive experiences libertarianism and atheism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/PGYxMnH52uQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/UQdfxG36Bww/nigeria_with_nukes http://www.fpif.org/articles/nigeria_with_nukes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:12:11 -0500 Millions of people have thronged the streets of cities all over the world this last year to protest the influence of money on power--the corruption in Mubarak's Egypt and Ben Ali's Tunisia, the malign effects of Wall Street and other financial institutions, the power elite in Russia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/UQdfxG36Bww" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/nigeria_with_nukes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~3/uAt5eYKQ554/conn_hallinans_2011_are_you_serious_awards http://www.fpif.org/blog/conn_hallinans_2011_are_you_serious_awards Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0500 Highlighting foreign policy and defense stories that beggar credulity to the utmost.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/EuropeCentralAsia/~4/uAt5eYKQ554" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/conn_hallinans_2011_are_you_serious_awards