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Lawrence Solomon: EU: who needs it?
(November 11, 2011) The EU was no noble experiment worth preserving, but the world’s grandest experiment in social engineering.
Posted in Nation states
Tagged EU, EU bailout, EU breakup, EU debts, European Union, Greece, Lawrence Solomon, Merkel, Sarkozy
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Lawrence Solomon: Divide Libya into its tribal parts
(October 28, 2011) Who should get Libya’s fabulous oil and gas wealth, an amount that could be equivalent to several million dollars per Libyan? Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nation states, Political reforms
Tagged Arab Spring, civil war, Energy, Gaddafi, Lawrence Solomon, libya, Muslim Brotherhood, NATO, Oil, Sharia, tribal, UN
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Lawrence Solomon: It’s in our interest to break Syria into pieces
If Assad is given the boot, the West should take charge and break it up. Continue reading
Posted in Nation states, Political reforms
Tagged Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Islam, Kurds, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Middle East politics, Syria, Syria protests
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Lawrence Solomon: If Europe breaks Palestine, it will have to clean up the mess
(July 27, 2011) There is something the Europeans, who assume a hypothetical, independent Palestine, have overlooked: Without Israeli good will, a Palestinian state couldn’t support itself. Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, European Union, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, Palestine, Palestinian State, U.S, UN
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Lawrence Solomon: Pakistan would work better in pieces
(May 15, 2011) Pakistan would be a more stable and peaceful place if its four component nations were unstitched from one another. Continue reading
