Conn Hallinan
LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan
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Opinion
Asia’s mad arms race
May 24, 2012Asia is in the middle of an unprecedented arms race that is competing with efforts by Asian countries to address poverty and growing economic disparity
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Opinion
Latin America delivers a swift kick
May 2, 2012On one level, April's hemispheric summit meeting was an old fashioned butt kicking for Washington's policies in the region.
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World
The U.S. and the Afghan train wreck
April 16, 2012The recent decision by the Taliban and one of its allies to withdraw from peace talks with Washington underlines the train wreck the U.S. is headed for in Afghanistan.
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Opinion
China: The Frog & The Scorpion?
April 6, 2012Can China swim capitalism's scorpion across the river and avoid the sting?
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Opinion
Irish debt and the heart of Saint O’Toole
March 16, 2012Thereby hangs a typical Irish tale filled with metaphors, parallels, and some pretty serious weirdness.
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World
Syria: a way out
March 7, 2012There are two tales about the crisis in Syria.
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Opinion
Iran, Israel and the U.S.: the slide to war
February 24, 2012Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them.
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Opinion
Israel’s war on democracy (and why Americans should care)
February 6, 2012Israel has always presented itself as "an oasis of democracy in a sea of despotism," an outpost of pluralism surrounded by tyranny.
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