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Sepideh Parsa: In his book "Decent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of
Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" Ahmed Rashid
depicts the reasons for the United States' failure in rebuilding Afghanistan
after 9/11. He provides his
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Andreas Eckert: James Ferguson: Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order; John Illiffe: The African AIDS epidemic: A History; Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet: Die Afrikapolitik der Europäischen Union. Neue Ansätze und Perspektiven; Andrew Wallice: Silent
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Leonie Holthaus: Markus Kaim,
head of the research division European and Atlantic Security at the German Institute
for International and Security Affairs (SWP), is the editor for the book Great Powers and Regional Orders. The United
States and the
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Natalia Ruban : If you look at the figures, you will find out that inequality in America is now approaching the level of the 1920s, before all social reforms were conducted. Even though the productivity of an average American worker has risen since 1973 by
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Benjamin Lucas Schoo: With the current presidential nomination process under way, Barack Obama's second book, the Audacity of Hope, might help shed light on who the junior senator from Illinois and the Democratic Party's presidential contender really is and what he stands
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Francisco J. Ruiz: This book is the most recent publication of the American journalist and writer Robert Kagan, responsible in 2003 of the popular statement that "Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus".
The author articulates the
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Natalia Ruban: The topic of „post-American world order" is not
new. A whole series of books dealing with the question of relative American
decline and Asian rise was recently published and discussed. Parag Khanna's The Second World is probably one of the most
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Ethan Christian Arrow:
Opening with a quote
from Arnold J. Toynbee’s A Study of History, Fareed Zakaria poses the thesis that America
is standing at the crossroads between a new leadership role and a frustrated
obscurity. “Growth takes place whenever
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Crystal Oswald-Herold: In his book "American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a
Religion," Paul M. Barrett depicts the lives of seven very different Muslims' experiences in the United States. He sheds light onto their daily routines while
simultaneously providing a
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László Andor: Anders Åslund: How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia
Can "everyone" be wrong about central and eastern Europe's transitions?
Swedish economist -Anders Åslund was an influential
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