Ian Lesser: Critiques of Europe’s defense spending and crisis response ability miss the point. In order to prosper strategically in the future, shaping the strategic environment through EU expansion, global partnerships and a coherent Mediterranean policy will be far more important.
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The Red Brigades, a communist inspired terrorist group which emerged in Italy in the 70s, have been substituted by new social brigades (NSB), a different name but no less nocuous. ++ Deprived of a strong political culture, NSB take advantage of social malaise to recruit followers. ++ The economic crisis provides conducive conditions for this new group to flourish; the most exposed countries are
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