The Contrarian Progressive

I know what I know. Somehow, what I see is different from what other people see.

30 April 2013

Turkey and Shanghai Five

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A couple of months ago, I posted a piece about Turkey's seemingly inexorable drift towards Asia, citing the Prime Minister Erdogan'...
28 April 2013

The PKK Strategy Involving Turkey, Iran and Syria

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If you have been reading this humble blog since its inception you might know that my starting hypothesis was the inevitability of a larger p...
27 April 2013

Debt and Austerity Debate and the Reinhart-Rogoff Debacle

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If you are a wonkish person like me, you might be aware of a recent scandal that shook the unsavory school of thought I call neo-classical e...
20 April 2013

A Simple Point on Margaret Thatcher

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You might have heard that some people danced in the streets to celebrate the passing of Margaret Thatcher . Others set up special twitter a...
17 April 2013

The Gatekeepers: A Documentary

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A good friend of mine sent me an email to remind me that I should watch the Gatekeepers , the celebrated Israeli documentary that brought to...
07 April 2013

Why Is Everyone Worried About Iran But Not Pakistan?

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I have been reading about North Korea's threats and media speculations about Pyongyang's use of nuclear weapons against its souther...
03 April 2013

Cyprus: the Canary in the EU Mine?

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When I first wrote about the Eurozone crisis , almost two years ago, I noted that besides the GIIPS , Belgium and Cyprus were prime candidat...
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Contrarian Progressive
I have two blogs: One is about serious commentary on issues that interest me. http://contrarianprogressive.blogspot.com/ The other is about living, eating and cooking in Paris http://livingandeatinginparis.blogspot.com/
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