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...exaggerating when I say Europe's obsession with restructuring its internal arrangements is akin to rearranging the deck chairs of a sinking Titanic. The focus on internal challenges when the real threats are external is the first of three strategic errors Europe is making. One does not have to be a geopolitical genius to figure out where Europe's main long-term challenges are coming from. The E.U. may be a comfortable oasis of peace now, free of the threat of wars between member states. But an aging Europe cannot ignore the rising population and Islamic anger in North Africa...
...become a bigger player at such events? I wasn't there, but the E.U. went to Copenhagen with a very strong vision. Europe went into the room with a very clear decision. It is difficult to analyze the final discussions. But having a strong position allowed us to have real dialogue, not just in Copenhagen but before, and it probably helped the final outcome to be more than it could have been. (See more about the Copenhagen climate talks...
...wooded home and way of life against the encroachment of a foreign corporation. "There are so many parallels to Ecuador [in the film]," says Maria Ramos, director of the Rainforest Action Network's Change Chevron campaign. "We want Avatar fans to take off the 3D glasses and support a real-life struggle." (See pictures of the world's most polluted places...
...Avatar's influence may depend on whether its fans can turn away from it, take off the tinted glasses and take a look at the real world...
Meanwhile, the opposition remains deeply divided. Egos sometimes override pragmatism, and a real alliance appears unthinkable. Since Kaliningrad, opposition leaders have gone back to denouncing one another. "There is a fear of competition between them," says Valeriya Novodvorskaya, a prominent Soviet dissident and a vocal critic of Putin's rule. First arrested by the KGB for her activism in 1969, Novodvorskaya is no stranger to the opposition, but she is wary of the latest flare-up in public resentment. "A street protest is not a grocery store," she says. "You go there to demand your freedom...