Search results

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.

As the global financial crisis emanating from the United States shuts down world markets, can globalization survive? Will the resurgent intrusion of the state—and thus politics—into the market lead to protectionism and collapse, as was the case in the early 20th century? Or will the new interconnectivity of climate change and mutual economic dependence—especially between China and the US—deepen global links?The former mayor of Shanghai, legendary Nobel economist Paul Samuelson and Third Way guru Anthony Giddens ponder those questions in this section.

Reviews political, social, and military conditions in the Balkans nine years after Dayton, five years after the NATO air campaign in Kosovo, and three years after the Ohrid Agreement on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, acknowledging great progress towards peace accompanied with various difficulties and setbacks. While arguing for the end of the mandate of the High Representative and a transfer of full powers to elected Bosnian representatives, this article also explores the pressing issues of the future of Kosovo and whether the two republics of Serbia and Montenegro will stay together.