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november/december 2013
EUROPEAN CROSSROADS
N.50
east, european crossroads
year IX · n. 50 · november/december 2013
1 The Editor’s Note by James Hansen
4 No CommENT
DIRECTOR Benedetta Fabbri
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Hansen
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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Lapo Pistelli, Danilo Taino
by Mana Neyestani
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EUROPE
6 merkel III aims for Europe
by Giuseppe Scognamiglio
CORRESPONDENT COMMITTEE
Aldo Bonomi, Massimo Cacciari, Ferruccio De Bortoli,
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Lucrezia Reichlin, Sergio Romano, Farian Sabahi,
Gyorgy Schoepflin, Luigi Tomba
8 BrussEls NoTEBook
by James Fontanella Khan
10 2014 EuropEaN ElECTIoNs
more Europe, everywhere
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
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SPaiN
madrid Gambles on Green Tables
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The pop pope
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28 arrIèrE-pENséE
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Internet must Get a Grip
NEWSAGENT DISTRIBUTION
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COVER PHOTO: ANDONI LUBAKI/4SEE/CONTRASTO
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BeLaruS
Belarus under Glass
by Luigi Milardi
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DOSSIER: THE EARTH’S RESOURCES
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portfolio
56
theYellowresource
59
53
bydianaFerrero
74
byGabrieleBarbati
tEStiMoniES
Wearetheresources
israelWinsanEnergylottery
byFarianSabahi
50
iSRael
MexiCo
MexicoturnsitsBack
onChocolate
byaldoCiummo
inteRView
VandanaShivahasworn
jeansexactlyonce
71
loki,SnowDragons
andColdpolarWinds
byRiccardoVenturi
48
noRth pole
76
huMan ReSouRCeS
grAphiC journAliSM
thefirsttoSuffer
ASacredriverprofaned
thepromisedland
bySabrinaprovenzani
bynicolaZolin
bypinoCreanza
india
nepal
62
64
MoZaMBique
MountainsofWater
AnAttackofgoldfever
bylucaManes
byRaffaeleMasto
68
SavetheChildren
80 rainMenWanted
byantonioStorto
kenya
lorna’srefuse(al)
bySerenaGrassia
 CULTURAL NOTEBOOK
82
84
MIDDLE EAST
AND CENTRAL ASIA
92
post-disasterhousing
Blood Brothers
by Stephane ebongue Koube
bytommasoSacconi
by Fadi elhusseini
MUSIC
95
stable Egypt, a riddle
of the sphinx
FILM
by Luca Gambardella
byBoydvanhoeij
98
editedbyClaudiaastarita
SoutH aFrica
south africa in its most
difficult year
by Pietro Veronese
115
auStraLia
iraN
australia Votes
on allah’s Welfare
by Stefano Vergine
by Stella Morgana
100
FOOD&CULTURE
aFGHaNiStaN
afghanistan looks East
newDishesontheEco-Menu
by Shyam Bhatia
bySimonaMaggiorelli
CHAMPIONS
112
eGyPt
byalbertopiccinini
88 Eastbooks
90
ceNtraL aFrica
Too White in Black africa
truthisthemostDifficultArt
89
109
Syria
ARCHITECTURE
ElSistema
86
AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA
103
MyaNMar
Buddhist Integralism
Explodes
ChampionshipChillinQatar
byMatteopatrono
by ilaria Benini
106
MoNGoLia
mongolia would move
house if it could
by Francesco russo
and alessandra Spalletta
118 TECHNoloGY&r EsourCEs
Good Things
Come to an End
by ascanio Vitale