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In January 2011, the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the 82-year-old philosopher Agnes Heller and four other academics would be investigated for the misuse of nearly $2.5 million in public grant money. The same day, the country's leading conservative newspaper, Magyar Nemzet -- a supporter of Orban -- published a bracing attack on the professors. Other right-wing publications and television channels followed suit, derisively referring to the "Heller gang" which had "researched away" government money. The investigation, such as it was, lasted for nearly two months before being quietly put to bed with no evidence of wrongdoing.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137772/james-kirchick/wrong-way-down-the-danube?page=show

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If Greece abandons the euro, the newly adopted drachma could lose half or more of its value relative to the euro, while driving up inflation, according to the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research. Still, after the initial storm, a Greek exit would strengthen Greece's export market and make its economy more competitive, Costas Lapavitsas, a professor at University of London, contends in the Financial Times. "Restoring competitiveness would also boost employment, after the initial shock. Above all, exit would allow the lifting of austerity, giving Greece the breathing space it needs to restructure its economy," he argues.

http://www.cfr.org/greece/greek-elections-eurozones-future/p28507

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On Sunday night, Taylor Swift was officially crowned with one of the most prestigious nods given at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards: Woman of the Year. Following a strong introduction by Kris Kristofferson — who called her “one of the most successful artists in country music” — Swift got a multi-minute reel recapping all of the heights she’s reached in her relatively short career.

http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-woman-of-the-year-2012-billboard-music-awards/

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Its never enough for you, baby
Don't want to play your game anymore
no matter what you say
I'm all out of love for you, baby
and now that I've tried everything
I'll numb the pain till I am made of stone

http://www.evanescence.com/audio/madeofstonelyrics.html

The era of U.S.-approved, iron-fisted Arab dictators is over. Washington must get used to a Middle East in which public opinion matters to a much greater extent, anti-Western sentiment abounds and political Islam emerges as a major force.

http://nationalinterest.org/article/unfinished-mideast-revolts-6802

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Nuclear weapons are hard to build for managerial reasons, not technical ones. This is why so few authoritarian regimes have succeeded: they don’t have the right culture or institutions. When it comes to Iran’s program, then, the United States and its allies should get out of the way and let Iran’s worst enemies -- its own leaders -- gum up the process on their own.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137403/jacques-e-c-hymans/botching-the-bomb

The poll, published Friday and carried out April 25 and 26 by Harris Interactive, shows 55% of potential voters would choose Hollande if elections were held now, while 45% of them would pick Sarkozy. Among the voters who chose to support far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon in the first round of elections, 92% said they would vote for Hollande in the second round, while only 2% plan to vote for Sarkozy, said Harris Interactive.

http://www.4-traders.com/news/French-Poll-Hollande-55-Sarkozy-45-In-2nd-Round-Harris-Interactive--14300717/

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The dismal failure of North Korea's April 13 long-range missile test -- it broke into pieces after 81 seconds of flight time -- has also exposed the poverty of standard proliferation analyses. In the days leading up to the test, most commentators apparently took Pyongyang's technological forward march for granted.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137408/jacques-e-c-hymans/north-koreas-lessons-for-not-building-an-atomic-bomb?cid=soc-facebook-in-snapshots-north_koreas_lessons_for_not_building_an_atomic_bomb-041712

Tensions between China and the Philippines this week underscore concerns about escalating rivalries in the South China Sea. Expert Bonnie S. Glaser outlines options for Washington and the region to minimize risk of conflict, in a new Contingency Planning Memo.

http://www.cfr.org/east-asia/armed-clash-south-china-sea/p27883

As the uprising against Syrian president Bashar Assad enters its second year, the U.S. foreign-policy establishment is steadily warming to the idea of arming the opposition, enforcing a no-fly zone, establishing aid corridors and various other forms of direct American involvement. But these plans misread the regional balance.

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/strategic-non-intervention-syria-6674

The Obama administration's 2013 budget plan has revived debate over the sustainability of U.S. spending. This Backgrounder outlines the competing policy paths on fiscal reforms and the global consequences for failing to bring down U.S. debt.

http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-deficits-national-debt/p27400