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World News and Trends: Austrian far right stirs

  • by John Ross Schroeder
"The break-up of Austria's [government] coalition ... was caused by a ruthless purge of moderates from the ranks of Jörg Haider's right-wing Freedom Party and their replacement with hardline ideologues, The Sunday Telegraph has learned."

Partitioning Morality

  • by Cecil Maranville
"Does having an extramarital affair mean that a government official is unfit to hold office?" This and related questions have been the focus of the U.S. news media throughout the summer of 2001. Is the subject newsworthy, or is it just gossip? The debate swirling around the subject illustrates a growing phenomenon-partitioning morality. What does it portend for the future?

In Brief... Italy Goes Right

  • by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder
Italy's wealthiest citizen has a new job-prime minister of the country. In its May 13th general election, the electorate handed the job to Silvio Berlusconi, at the same time as it gave his conservative alliance a clear majority in both houses of parliament.

The U.S. Election: The Value of Political Stability

  • by Melvin Rhodes
"Political uncertainty over the presidency is to be expected in some of the poorer, less political stable nations. People do not expect to see the same in the richest nation in the world."

U.S. Election Crisis End of Political Stability

  • by Melvin Rhodes
Political stability is rare. It's essential that those countries that have found the way to enduring stability hold fast. Has the historical stability of the U.S. form of government begun to wane?

World News and Trends Africa a crisis torn continent

  • by John Ross Schroeder
What happens to Zimbabwe now and in the near future may affect the entire continent. The long-awaited African renaissance has yet to materialize. Guns, brute force and political corruption shape Africa's future.

Russia's Dangerous Nuclear Arsenal

  • by Mario Seiglie
In some ways the world is closer to nuclear conflict than in the 1950s and '60s. Then, at least, the Soviet nuclear forces were under tight control and the military was well paid.

Politics and Religion

  • by Cecil Maranville
Is religion the latest political football in the U.S. presidential election?
Lighthouse in the dark.

This Is The Way, Walk in It: For Such a Time As Now

  • by Robin Webber
During the recent showdown between the legislative and executive branches of government, there was often the reference to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson as a guide of how to proceed methodically, judiciously, and with an eye towards the end goal.