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January 2001

Vol.4, No. 1

Contents

European Union: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
   by Melvin Rhodes

The Best Government In Existence?
   by Cecil Maranville

Book Review: Euro Crash 2007
   by Cecil Maranville

Chaotic Start to a New Century: What's It Mean?
   by John Ross Schroeder

In Brief...World News Review
   by Cecil E. Maranville

This is the Way...The Power Of Chad
   by Robin Webber

European Union:
An Idea Whose
Time Has Come

The "glacier" of European unity is now moving at a faster pace.

by Melvin Rhodes

I called one of my brothers in England early in December. He asked me what I thought of the "Big Debate." Assuming that he was referring to the election impasse in Florida that was dominating our nightly news, I began to share my opinions, only to be interrupted by his saying, "No, not that. The big debate." I hesitated, trying to think of what he might be referring to. Having been cut off from the rest of the world by the American media that seems incapable of focusing on more than one major issue at a time, I wasn't sure. I had to ask.

"The European Rapid Reaction Force, that's the big debate over here!"

Sure enough. A few days later my weekly Spectator magazine arrived from London and carried its own article on "The Big Debate" that had started millions of people talking about something that could, in time, fundamentally alter the postwar balance of power and change the direction of the United Kingdom for decades to come. Not only the United Kingdom, either-all of Europe and North America could be in for some big changes.

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