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Fifty years ago almost to the day, Robert Schuman presented his vision of a “European Federation” for the preservation of peace. This heralded a completely new era in the history of Europe. European integration was the response to centuries of a precarious balance of powers on this continent which again and again resulted in terrible hegemonic wars culminating in the two World Wars between 1914 and 1945. The core of the concept of Europe after 1945 was and still is a rejection of the European balance of power principle and the hegemonic ambitions of individual states that had emerged following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, a rejection which took the form of closer meshing of vital interests and the transfer of nation state sovereign rights to supranational European institutions.
Contents
- Globalization
- Deng Xiaoping: “Emancipate the Mind” Date: 1978
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “A World Split Apart” Date: 1978
- Nelson Mandela: “We Have Waited Too Long for Our Freedom” Date: 1990
- Aung San Suu Kyi: “Freedom from Fear” Date: 1991
- Benjamin R. Barber: “Jihad vs. McWorld” Date: 1992
- Nelson Mandela: Inaugural Address Date: 1994
- UN Human Rights Report on Zaire Date: 1996
- Osama bin Laden: Declaration of Jihad against Americans Date: 1996
- Interview with the Dalai Lama on China, Hatred, and Optimism Date: 1997
- Óscar Arias: “Thoughts on Peace” Date: 1997
- Condoleezza Rice: Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum Date: 2000
- Joschka Fischer: From Confederacy to Federation Date: 2000
- Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US Date: 2001
- Robert C. Byrd: “We Stand Passively Mute” Speech Date: 2003
- George W. Bush: Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq Date: 2003
- Hugo Chávez: Speech at the Opening of the Twelfth G-15 Summit Date: 2004
- Taguba Report Date: 2004
- 9/11 Commission Report Date: 2004
- Ariel Sharon: Speech to the UN General Assembly Date: 2005
- Condoleezza Rice: “International Support for Iraqi Democracy” Date: 2005
- M.Jay Wells: “Why the Mortgage CrisisHappened” Date: 2008
- Geir Haarde: Statement on Financial Crisis in Iceland Date: 2008
- Alexander Jung: “Ponzi Planet: The Danger Debt Poses to the Western World” Date: 2012
- UN Arms Trade Treaty Date: 2013
- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech to the UN General Assembly Date: 2014
- Hassan Rouhani: Letter to the UN General Assembly Date: 2014
- Abdullah II: Remarks to the UN General Assembly Date: 2014
- Viktor Orbán: Speech at the 25th Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp Date: 2014
- Alexis Tsipras: Speech on Debt Referendum Date: 2015