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...European experiment. But since the end of the Cold War, it has stepped back from the E.U., regularly taking a different path when Europe attempted a unified policy (notably during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009), and strengthening ties with Russia, to the chagrin of Britain and France. "Behind the scenes Germany is still pretty much the puppet master in the E.U., pulling many strings," says Ulrike Guérot, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. "But sometimes Berlin is deciding not to pull any strings at all now, in which case nothing...
...Mukherjee summons place and character brilliantly and unflinchingly in pages redolent with detail. His metaphysical vision, of course, is just as acute. The book ends in Europe, not with Ritwik but with Gilby, who will ultimately outlast him. But even as she contemplates the future, seeking to leave behind the wreckage of recent events, she looks into the distance and sees "snow-scarred mountains" - a vision of turbulence and beauty, framed by the glass through which she views it. In bearing the marks of a tumultuous past, the human soul is a mirror, it would seem, of nature itself...
...Behind the recent skirmishes between China and America - the latest surrounding the Dalai Lama's visit to the U.S. - lies a wide divide between the two nations over how they see themselves, each other and their place in the world. (See pictures of the Dalai Lama's visit to the White House...
...your college roommate's underwear drawer. But the visual cues are at odds with the Steppenwolf playing on the sound system: a uniformed security guard leans by the door, while grass is displayed in neatly labeled jars under glass. Along one wall is a large, horizontal one-way window, behind which, one assumes, are eyes sharper and brighter than those of the clerks and customers...
...Novodvorskaya says, most likely the communists or some other authoritarian force will seize power. Such parties are best placed, she says, to promise handouts and paternalism, the things people want at a time of financial crisis. "We've played that bloody game with the Bolsheviks before, and the motives behind these protests are again material. These people don't want to hear about free-market capitalism and European integration. These are foreign notions here, and they will support anyone still capable of throwing them a bone. Don't be confused. The government still has bones to throw...