Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a discussion with President of Estonica Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an exclusive op-ed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and more!
 | Rx for Obamacare from Estonia: An Interview with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves Where should the Obama Administration turn for a solution to the Healthcare.gov failure and answers about how to proceed with an online healthcare sign up system? The answer may lie in Estonia. Video correspondent Monica Gray sat down with Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, for his view of how to make a federal government tech savvy. Listen to President Ilves' thoughts on e-government and his country's development here. |
 | Chicago: Leading on the Global Stage In an exclusive op-ed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he discusses how sister city relationships have increased the international reach of his city, and made the Windy City a hotbed for competitiveness, economic and cultural opportunity, and diversity. Read more about Chicago, and other American Cities, here. |
 | French Nationalism and Euroscepticism Sign of Greater Discontent in EU Elections The rise of nationalism and euroscepticism is not merely a French particularity. There will be growing success for nationalist and populist parties in the next European elections unless governments throughout Europe shift the debate from politics to policies. Read more about it here. |
 | An EU Digital Single Market by 2015? Will a united European digital market emerge by 2015, as President Herman Van Rompuy called upon the European Council to implement, in Europe's highly volatile economic and political environment? Will it resonate with a disillusioned European electorate? Read more about it here. |
 | Book Review: 'Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla' In his latest book, "Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla", Australian counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen attempts to formulate a unified theory of irregular warfare, from the Arab Spring to threats emerging in favelas in Rio or Lagos. Read more about it here. |
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Foreign policy watchers have long speculated that Israel and the U.S. have been at odds over just how to approach negotiations with Iran, but now their disagreements have been made public. "It's a bad deal--an exceedingly bad deal," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday. According to The Jerusalem Post, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said Netanyahu was over-reacting to the negotiations in Geneva, and a State Department spokeswoman dismissed an Israeli estimate of the proposed deal's impact on sanctions as "inaccurate, exaggerated, and not based in reality".
This Week in History
1863: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, as he dedicated a national cemetery at the battlefield. This year marks the 150 year celebration of one of the United States' most iconic speeches.
1933: The United States and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic ties. President Roosevelt sends a telegram to Maxim Litvinov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, expressing hope that U.S.-Soviet relations would “forever remain normal and friendly.”
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Around the World!
November 19, 2013
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a discussion with President of Estonica Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an exclusive op-ed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and more!
| Rx for Obamacare from Estonia: An Interview with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves Where should the Obama Administration turn for a solution to the Healthcare.gov failure and answers about how to proceed with an online healthcare sign up system? The answer may lie in Estonia. Video correspondent Monica Gray sat down with Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia, for his view of how to make a federal government tech savvy. Listen to President Ilves' thoughts on e-government and his country's development here. |
| Chicago: Leading on the Global Stage In an exclusive op-ed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he discusses how sister city relationships have increased the international reach of his city, and made the Windy City a hotbed for competitiveness, economic and cultural opportunity, and diversity. Read more about Chicago, and other American Cities, here. |
| French Nationalism and Euroscepticism Sign of Greater Discontent in EU Elections The rise of nationalism and euroscepticism is not merely a French particularity. There will be growing success for nationalist and populist parties in the next European elections unless governments throughout Europe shift the debate from politics to policies. Read more about it here. |
| An EU Digital Single Market by 2015? Will a united European digital market emerge by 2015, as President Herman Van Rompuy called upon the European Council to implement, in Europe's highly volatile economic and political environment? Will it resonate with a disillusioned European electorate? Read more about it here. |
| Book Review: 'Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla' In his latest book, "Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla", Australian counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen attempts to formulate a unified theory of irregular warfare, from the Arab Spring to threats emerging in favelas in Rio or Lagos. Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
Foreign policy watchers have long speculated that Israel and the U.S. have been at odds over just how to approach negotiations with Iran, but now their disagreements have been made public. "It's a bad deal--an exceedingly bad deal," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday. According to The Jerusalem Post, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said Netanyahu was over-reacting to the negotiations in Geneva, and a State Department spokeswoman dismissed an Israeli estimate of the proposed deal's impact on sanctions as "inaccurate, exaggerated, and not based in reality".
This Week in History
1863: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, as he dedicated a national cemetery at the battlefield. This year marks the 150 year celebration of one of the United States' most iconic speeches.
1933: The United States and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic ties. President Roosevelt sends a telegram to Maxim Litvinov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, expressing hope that U.S.-Soviet relations would “forever remain normal and friendly.”
