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  • August 2008

    • Firebrand Sets Russia's Tone at NATO

      New York Times  |  Aug 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT

      Firebrand Sets Russia's Tone at NATO

      (Newser) - If you needed proof of Russia's contempt for NATO, look no further than Dmitri Rogozin, Moscow's representative to the military alliance. A fiery ultranationalist who once had a poster of Stalin hanging in his office, Rogozin has seemed more showman than diplomat. But since the South Ossetian war, something's changed—the whole Russian government seems to have adopted Rogozin's bluster. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • NATO  • South Ossetia  • Brussels  • nationalism

    • Why the Chinese Need Olympic Glory

      New York Review of Books  |  Aug 4, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Why the Chinese Need Olympic Glory

      (Newser) - Those shocked by China’s bristly response to Olympic protests and criticisms would do well to remember some history, Orville Schell writes for the New York Review of Books . After what the Chinese call a "century of humiliation" at the hands of the West and Japan, the nation has developed an institutionalized paranoia and sense of injury that even a booming economy hasn't fixed. That's where the Olympics come in. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Olympic torch  • Chinese  • nationalism

  • June 2008

    • Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries

      (Newser) - The US is pressuring Iraq to sign off on a long-term security agreement that looks unfortunately similar to a disastrous 1930 pact between Iraq and Britain, and the new pact "could haunt Washington’s relations with Baghdad for years to come," historian and journalist Karl E. Meyer writes in the New York Times . More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • Nazi  • UN sanctions  • nationalism

  • April 2008

    • Blogs Vent China's Anti-West Ire

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 16, 08 8:32 PM CDT

      Blogs Vent China's Anti-West Ire

      (Newser) - The Chinese Internet is aflame with vitriol at Western governments and news organizations for “insults” over Tibet and recent Olympic torch incidents, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chinese authorities, usually quick to censor the Web, have let the sentiment flow, believing "the West is trying to humiliate them again," according to a US political scientist. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • blog  • Olympic torch  • blogosphere  • xenophobia  • nationalism

  • February 2008

    • Hungarian Right-Wingers Evoke Nazi-Era Militia

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 13, 08 2:07 PM CST

      Hungarian Right-Wingers Evoke Nazi-Era Militia

      (Newser) - A far-right group reminiscent of Nazi-era fascist militias is causing alarm in Hungary and echoing nationalist movements across Eastern Europe, the Los Angeles Times reports. Members of the Hungarian Guard march wearing black uniforms that resemble those of the Arrow Cross, a militia that helped Nazis kill thousands of Hungarian Jews. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany calls the group "Hungary's shame." More »

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      Nazi  • Holocaust  • nationalism  • Tom Lantos  • Hungary

  • September 2007

    • Franco-Flemish Split Widens in Belgium

      New York Times  |  Sep 21, 07 5:57 AM CDT

      Franco-Flemish Split Widens in Belgium

      (Newser) - Tensions in Belgium over whether the country should be split in half have reached a crescendo, with 3-month-old elections still unsettled and Flemish separatist politicians calling for a divorce, the New York Times reports. "We are two different nations with nothing in common except a king, chocolate, and beer," said the Flemish Bloc leader. More »

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      Belgium  • Brussels  • Flanders  • nationalism  • Walloon

  • August 2007

    • Extremists Mark New ‘Cold Peace’

      Macleans  |  Aug 29, 07 5:54 PM CDT

      Extremists Mark New ‘Cold Peace’

      (Newser) - The “sleeping bear” of Mother Russia is either waking to attack its enemies or rolling over a few victims as it dozes, dreaming of a lost empire, Maclean’s reports. Military flights above Guam and flag-posting on the North Pole have been well-reported; but an explosion of violent nationalism, including a video of a beheading on YouTube, is kindling fears of a new Cold War. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Cold War  • Kremlin  • extremists  • nationalism  • Nashi

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