Word: unionizers
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...Moore conceived the story when Reagan and the Russkies were still spitting threats across the Berlin Wall, and few imagined the Soviet Union could collapse under its own dead weight. In that sense, Watchmen is another replay of the Nixon years to which Hollywood filmmakers are addicted - Frost/Nixon, Milk, etc. - and a period piece that may not resonate with audiences who weren't alive when Tricky Dick was in power. (Snyder says he was asked if Nixon could be replaced by George W. Bush; he wisely declined.) Set in the recent past, it features characters who cannot escape their...
...unity. A shared currency, cross-national lending, and numerous Western investments in the East intrinsically link the welfares of European countries. Should one country go under, the detrimental effects felt across the whole of Europe would be monumental. To an even greater extent, the well-being of the European Union as a whole depends on the respectable performance of each constituent member. Failure to remain united may breed disillusionment with Western capitalism and leave Eastern Europe dangerously susceptible to Russian influences. Thus, for the sake of national interest and the endurance of the European Union, Western countries must find...
...breakup of the European monetary union possible? I don't see that as being likely, but the probability of that eventually happening is rising. Right now, we are facing a situation in which many countries now have banking systems that are too big to fail and also too big to be saved. If Ireland or Greece go bust, then there is already a commitment from the Germans and French to, one way or another, bail them out. But if you have to rescue on top of them Austria and Italy, Portugal and Spain, and Belgium and the Netherlands, then that...
...proposed missile shield will not only encourage overly militaristic behavior in the Pentagon, but it will also seriously damage our already-tenuous relationship with the Russian Federation. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has had a rocky relationship with its former Warsaw Pact allies, especially Poland. Moreover, Moscow has viewed the continued expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance into Central and Eastern Europe as evidence of growing American hegemony...
...current policy is deceptively vague. Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton has strongly hinted that the Obama administration will reconsider the European missile defense program. Still, no firm decision has been made, and by doing this we please nobody and alienate all sides of the issue: the European Union, Russia, and Iran...