Edward Lucas

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Name: Edward Lucas
Date registered: April 19, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Update — October 29, 2010
  2. Bill Bryson review — September 5, 2010
  3. Komorowski and Polish foreign policy — September 5, 2010
  4. Tony Judt obituary (The Economist) — August 13, 2010
  5. the rise of English — May 27, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. Survey of Poland: Chapter One — 142 comments
  2. Arctic monkeys — 126 comments
  3. Georgia: my take from today’s London “Times” — 101 comments
  4. Nashi sex camp shock horror–latest lurid plug for book — 73 comments
  5. Daily Mail (rant) — 60 comments

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May 17

Estonia after the Euro

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by Edward Lucas

Just in case anyone is interested, here is a video of me and Toomas Hendrik Ilves discussing Estonia after the euro. Part two is here and part three here

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May 13

Battle of Britain book review

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by Edward Lucas

Every country’s version of the second world war is selective. For Russians, it starts with Hitler’s unprovoked attack in 1941 and highlights the colossal battles in the east. For Americans, it starts with Pearl Harbour and features the Normandy beaches and Guadalcanal. Germans may privately start the story rather earlier, with the humiliation at Versailles which brought economic collapse and fuelled Hitler’s rise to power.

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May 13

new rachman novel

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by Edward Lucas

For younger readers, stories about newspapers in their heyday may have a whiff of industrial archaeology, akin to tales about whaling or steam trains.

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May 13

Estonia and the Euro

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by Edward Lucas

The grit shown by Estonian politicians and the public in shrinking spending, raising taxes and cutting wages has been exemplary. Punishing Estonia, which obeyed the rules, while bailing out Greece, which has breached them flagrantly, would do little for the euro’s credibility with governments and investors alike.

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May 13

Europe view: Greece viewed from the region

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by Edward Lucas

For anyone from the ex-communist world with a medium-term memory, the frantic efforts under way to save Greece (and the other wobbly southern members of the euro zone) are rather puzzling. For a start, what is so bad about default and restructuring?

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May 12

Euro latest

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by Edward Lucas

Punishing Estonia which obeyed the rules, while bailing out Greece which has breached them flagrantly, would do little for the euro’s credibility with governments and investors alike.

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May 07

My election take

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by Edward Lucas

Yet for all that the uncertainty is welcome, because it brings the chance of a change in Britain’s outdated electoral system. This no longer delivers the one thing it is supposed to deliver: a clear result.

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May 06

Apple and Yalta

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by Edward Lucas

What have the following places got in common?

America, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam.

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May 06

Greece and its neighbours

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by Edward Lucas

Averting a meltdown in Greece, at least temporarily, is good news for that country’s fragile ex-communist neighbours. Their big worry is Greek-owned banks, which account for as much as a quarter of banking assets in Bulgaria, some 15% in Romania and a tenth in Serbia. These institutions have been facing potential runs by depositors, as worries have grown over Greece’s solvency and thus over the Greek banks.

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May 06

Long piece on power and history

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by Edward Lucas

Following last month’s joint Polish-Russian memorials to commemorate the Katyń massacre, and the outpouring of Russian sympathy since the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and 95 others, CEPA Senior Fellow Edward Lucas offers a penetrating look at the politics of historical reconciliation in Central Europe.

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