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		<title>Graduate Student Announcements 1-26-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Student Announcements for the week of January 23-27, 2012 SECTIONS A. EVENTS B. CALLS FOR PAPERS C. FUNDING / EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES D. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EVENTS  “Universality and the European law of nations in the eighteenth century: the case of Turkey” A lecture by Dr. Jennifer Pitts, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3150&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Croatia votes to enter the EU</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Croatia voted by referendum yesterday to join the European Union. In the lowest turnout in any referendum deciding EU membership, Croats voted by a 2-to-1 margin to accede to the European Union. According to different reports, between 43 and 47 percent of eligible voters turned out to the polls on Sunday. Hungary’s accession vote was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3142&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Student Announcements 1-19-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Announcements for the week January 17 – 20 EVENTS NEW! “Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland.” A lecture by Dr. Pasi Sahlberg on January 20 at 1:20 p.m. in Wylie 005 NEW! &#8220;Kant on Beauty and Teleology (for Example Crystals)&#8221; A lecture by Dr. Michel Chaouli on January [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3139&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Independence: A Quick Road to the EU?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, announced that he intended to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in 2014.  Besides all of the ramifications for the United Kingdom, Scottish independence has implications for the European Union.  To date, only the former East Germany has joined the EU without a formal application process, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3136&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Solve the Euro Crisis? One Professor&#8217;s Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 11th and 12th, Dr. Michele Fratianni spoke on the European Debt Crisis in Indianapolis and Bloomington. Dr. Fratianni is Professor Emeritus at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, as well as a Professor of Economics at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Italy. His talks focused on the current situation of government [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3134&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary&#8217;s troubles with the EU</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomaseleonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belgium’s spending freeze has convinced the EU commission of its resolve to keep its deficit and debt under control. Hungary faced a similar threat, yet due to its lack of budgetary reforms, will be receiving economic punishment from the EU. Economic Commissioner Olli Rehn threatened to suspend some of its development assistance that it receives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3131&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Belgian Economy showing signs of weakness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 18 months of protracted dispute, Belgium reached agreement on a new government at the end of last year. A new crisis is emerging though – one that has struck at most of Southern Europe and is now moving north. Belgium has the EU’s fifth-highest debt in Europe according to Businessweek and has a deeply [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3123&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011: a Rocky Year for the Euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, the biggest news in Europe in 2011 was the European Debt Crisis.  While only one new country (Portugal) received a bailout from the EU, as opposed to two in 2010, European leaders were forced to meet almost quarterly to craft solutions for the heavily indebted countries.  In addition, 2011 saw the increase chance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3119&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early 2002, a European Convention was formed to draw up the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (commonly called the European Constitution).  The European Union was going through two major changes during this period: Integration:  The countries were agreeing to cede more and greater powers to the EU.  The biggest symbol of this increased [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3112&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Unity On Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the original European Coal and Steel Community through to the present European Union, the post-war European integration project has primarily been an economic affair. The single market has strove to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor. The adoption of a single currency strengthened monetary integration. The vast majority [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iuwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7657851&amp;post=3097&amp;subd=iuwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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