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    Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
    Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
    Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
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    Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West

    Written by William Drozdiak

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

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    Fractured Continent is an urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world.

    The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen's National Front won a record thirty-four percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world's leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 12, 2017
    ISBN9781541483705
    Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West

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