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ID:
139128
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Whilst the desperation of key international Zionist leaders, such as Chaim Weizmann, to field a fighting force against the Nazis consisting entirely of Palestinian Jews is evident in their correspondence, it is difficult to ascertain just how significant the practical contribution of the Jewish Brigade was to the Zionist project. The political effect of activities such as facilitating illegal immigration and, post-war, quietly training Jewish underground forces in Palestine cannot by their very nature be evaluated. Yet perhaps the Brigade's most important contribution to the embryonic state of Israel was the huge leap in political and cultural strength that boasting such a force represented.
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ID:
129204
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2014.
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Giuliano Amato is currently one of the 15 constitutional court judges of Italy, having served as the prime minister of Italy in the years 1992-93 and 2000-01. He also served as Minister of Interior and Treasurer during the Financial Crisis. He is often remembered as the treasurer who had the political strength to make a radical and controversial decision: withdrawing from people's bank accounts 6 per thousand of their capital, an economic operation aimed at rectifying the disastrous financial situation that Italy was facing at the time. He is one of the few politicians that have been prominent figures in Italian politics during both the First Republic (1948-1994) and the Second Republic (1994-present). His article is mainly about the thorny path he faced while transitioning between the two republics, largely due to a widespread political scandal. It depicts the uncertainty of the Italian politics as it was undergoing a deep change: several new political parties were forming in the beginning of the 1990s, and Italians put much faith in this transition. Amato was at the very forefront of this political renaissance, and has been a stand-out public figure throughout the turbulent last few decades of Italian politics.
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ID:
134023
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2014.
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Neither the European Union nor Asia has the concerted impact upon global governance that might be expected of them, given their economic and political strength. The European Union tends to focus more on its immediate neighbourhood, whilst the leading economies in Asia, such as Japan, have favoured the role of 'status quo' powers. The biennial Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), the first of which was held in 1996, ought to provide a context in which the pragmatism of Asia could mix with a more globally focused Europe to produce shared leadership of benefit to both.
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