>This article was interesting. I think you might like it.
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>Waving Goodbye to Hegemony
>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/magazine/27world-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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It sure as some nice literary aspects:
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, a German member of the European Parliament, calls it “European patriotism.”
is a nice mixture of teaching with humour. The article is missing out on some of the detriments coming from the gobbling up of former eastern states, meaning that the gap in entreprenural spirit widening if the US will keep their attitude alive. This could transform the base of the EU giant into clay feet by slowing growth and a tred to redistribute current wealth instead of producing new wealth to feed the new members with.
Viewing the eastern remnants of the USSR to be still up for grabs and not clearly destined for china is the other major area I think the author is wrong.

regards

thomas