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Selected AbstractsKurt Tucholsky as Prophet of European UnityGERMAN LIFE AND LETTERS, Issue 2 2001Ian King Whilst Kurt Tucholsky has long been recognised as the leading left-wing intellectual, polemicist and satirist of the Weimar Republic, his enthusiasm for the cause of a united Europe has only recently come to light. In the late 1920s he wrote frequently of the need to abandon absolute state sovereignty in favour of a Federal United States of Europe, and even anticipated Mikhail Gorbachev's concept of a common European house. His reasoning was to be followed by subsequent German leaders from Adenauer to Kohl: after the disastrous Treaty of Versailles and with the League of Nations proving a broken reed, a united Europe would be the only way to prevent another still more bloody war. However, Tucholsky had no clear idea of how Europe could be brought together, remained somewhat sceptical about the Pan-Europe model of Count Coudenhove-Kalergi, and did not even comment on the European Federal Union proposed in 1930 by the French Foreign Minister, Briand. Three years later, all the plans for European unity were frustrated by the triumph of Nazism and Tucholsky lapsed into despairing silence and suicide. [source] The Political Survival of Foreign MinistersFOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS, Issue 2 2009Alejandro Quiroz Flores The survival of governments ultimately depends on the survival of its components. These components are politicians whose goal is to stay in office. There has been extensive research on the survival of leaders, but not on the survival of other politicians in government; and even less on how the survival of one affects the survival of the others. The purpose of this article is to take the first step in this direction by analyzing and precisely measuring the impact of the tenure of leaders on the tenure of foreign ministers. This article provides a systematic and formal investigation of the variables that affect the duration in office of foreign ministers. The investigation is based on a new data base on the tenure of more than 7,500 foreign ministers spanning three centuries. Although evidence shows that political institutions have significant impact on the tenure of foreign ministers, internal coalition dynamics such as affinity and loyalty toward a leader, uncertainty, and time dependence are better predictors of their political survival. [source] Minaret Ban Is a Blow for ToleranceNEW PERSPECTIVES QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2010AYAAN HIRSI ALI To the shock of the world, the mild-mannered Swiss have acted the most radically of any European country out of fear of Muslim immigrants by banning minarets. Was this a blow against tolerance, or for it? Is Islam a European religion, or is Europe a Christian club? Meanwhile, as Turkey becomes more confident in its regional power and Muslim identity it is shaking up some old friends. In this section, two of Europe's most prominent Muslim voices, the foreign minister of Sweden and a top Turkish official try to sort it out. [source] Islam Is a European ReligionNEW PERSPECTIVES QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2010TARIQ RAMADAN To the shock of the world, the mild-mannered Swiss have acted the most radically of any European country out of fear of Muslim immigrants by banning minarets. Was this a blow against tolerance, or for it? Is Islam a European religion, or is Europe a Christian club? Meanwhile, as Turkey becomes more confident in its regional power and Muslim identity it is shaking up some old friends. In this section, two of Europe's most prominent Muslim voices, the foreign minister of Sweden and a top Turkish official try to sort it out. [source] Europe 3.0,Bring Turkey InNEW PERSPECTIVES QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2010CARL BILDT To the shock of the world, the mild-mannered Swiss have acted the most radically of any European country out of fear of Muslim immigrants by banning minarets. Was this a blow against tolerance, or for it? Is Islam a European religion, or is Europe a Christian club? Meanwhile, as Turkey becomes more confident in its regional power and Muslim identity it is shaking up some old friends. In this section, two of Europe's most prominent Muslim voices, the foreign minister of Sweden and a top Turkish official try to sort it out. [source] The Political Survival of Foreign MinistersFOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS, Issue 2 2009Alejandro Quiroz Flores The survival of governments ultimately depends on the survival of its components. These components are politicians whose goal is to stay in office. There has been extensive research on the survival of leaders, but not on the survival of other politicians in government; and even less on how the survival of one affects the survival of the others. The purpose of this article is to take the first step in this direction by analyzing and precisely measuring the impact of the tenure of leaders on the tenure of foreign ministers. This article provides a systematic and formal investigation of the variables that affect the duration in office of foreign ministers. The investigation is based on a new data base on the tenure of more than 7,500 foreign ministers spanning three centuries. Although evidence shows that political institutions have significant impact on the tenure of foreign ministers, internal coalition dynamics such as affinity and loyalty toward a leader, uncertainty, and time dependence are better predictors of their political survival. [source] | ||||||||||