The marriage of microlending and social media works two ways.

To circumvent the harsh legal regime now in place narcotics mafias have forged ever tighter alliances with terrorist networks.

When European unification was launched, it was thought that ever closer union would establish a community that would protect Europeans from political blackmail.

By cooperating with the rest of the United Kingdom, rather than clashing, Scotland is giving new meaning to the phrase ever closer union.

Taking their cue from the sacred Rome Treaty s reference to ever closer union, the European Commission s theologians view every crisis as an opportunity to advance their federalist agenda.

A stronger, wider EU must be our priority.

Our current house is too crowded, so we've decided to move.

The alliance forged in the Cold War will become increasingly fragile.

Over the past decade, the European Union has grown more ethnically diverse.

Israel s unwritten alliance with the United States is a more convenient alternative.

Moreover, under President Kuchma, the country is unable to respond to the West's strategic interests in Ukraine with practical signs of cooperation.

The European Union rebuffs Ukraine's approaches with increasing coldness.

A Middle Eastern Union?

African Union

Union of the largest

Union of the richest

It has defined the agenda for years to come banking union, fiscal union, and political union.

A New Holy Alliance?

Europe s Necessary Union

A New Year s Banking Union

One Big Union

Take the European Union.

The Union and the Dragon

Angela Merkel, the Christian Democrats candidate, is a reformer, holding out hope for Germany s future and that of Europe.

The first institutional reform takes the form of a larger envelope of official resources, which would mean a quasi fiscal union.

However, as history unfolded, the alliance of the National Front and Kashani became a fragile one.

And the European Union?

Is the European Union imploding?

Europe s Flawed Banking Union

A banking union, too, is needed.

Now the EU is Balkanizing the Balkans

A New Sino Russian Alliance?

Long live the Soviet Union!

The new IMF should be an institution that communicates better with its members, balances the interests of its advanced, emerging and developing members in an evenhanded manner, and aligns its policies better to the needs of the moment.

For the two countries exports to the European Union, the Finger Kreinin index, which measures trade similarities, is more than 70 .

Most of all, the enlarged Union needs a constitutional and institutional framework that fits its ambitions.

In proposing the creation of NAPU, we envision a specific plan to create a larger market by fostering an alliance between the three economies.

But, given huge income disparities. China s leaders still face enormous challenges in maintaining domestic stability, and continuing quiescence cannot be taken for granted.

By and large, China has been a far more constructive counterpart to the US than the former Soviet Union ever was.

On deeper examination, however, it becomes clear that an anti terror alliance with Russia is wishful thinking.

The European Union should stop trying to do everything and concentrate on doing fewer things more effectively.

The price of the monetary union s survival, and thus that of the European project, is more community a banking union, fiscal union, and political union.

A Vital and Enduring Alliance

Does it consider Russia a powerful partner or a hostile neighbor?

The African Union needs thorough rethinking.