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Many European countries are facing a significant dearth of quality secondary and higher education programs, a problem which could present a major obstacle to Europe??s future economic and social development, according to a report issued last week by a Portugal-based policy group. The report follows a recent drop in ranking for European universities in world university lists that place Harvard first. The paper, “The Economics of Knowledge: Why Education is Key for Europe??s Success,” cites funding shortages as a major weakness for European education systems?...
...this context that the “Atlanticists” in the State Department—policy wonks who favored stronger and more equal ties with Europe??were able to have a greater say in the administration’s foreign policy...
...although it has given the world its fair share of evil, has given the world the principles of democracy, human rights, and international law, the building blocks of any political system that does not denigrate man’s dignity. While many in America are content to smirk at Europe??s failures, or take some measure of pleasure in its impending collapse, we should all pray and hope that the continent that gave us not only Hitler and Stalin but also Beethoven, Bach, Locke, and Kant can save itself from its accelerating descent into inconsequence...
Europeans are what environmentalists would describe as an endangered species: their number will decline by almost 50 percent over the next century. Europe??s fertility numbers are harrowing; not a single country’s birthrate is at the rate of replacement and several, including Spain, Italy, and Russia, are at less than half the rate needed to keep a population stable. Although several commentators, including Harvard’s own Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson, have bemoaned Europe??s accelerating descent into senescence, they are, by and large, voices in the dark...
...imperialism” and other such nonsense. Nationalism has been discredited, communism has failed, and religious faith has been publicly ridiculed down to the level of superstition or mental illness, leaving virtually nothing except self-indulgence as a philosophy or a worldview. This purposelessness is the primary cause of Europe??s malaise, and, given the way things have developed, it will be very hard, if not impossible, to combat...