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March 15 - The Relationship Between Russia's Spies and Criminal Hackers; Trump and Merkels's Differing Views on Europe and Putin; Will the Defeat of ISIS Mean the End of This Jihadi Movement?

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December 20 - Germany's Right Blame Merkel For Terrorist Act; US National Security In the Hands of Conspiracy Theorists and Ethnic Nationalists; Russia, Turkey and Iran Announce a Peace Deal for Syria

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June 2 - An Historian of the Armenian Genocide on Germany's Historic Move; Germany Walks a Tightrope With Turkey; Reigning in the Predatory Payday Loan Industry

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May 10 - Putin's Parade; A Post-Mortem on the UK Elections; Will Greece Get Through This Coming Week's Crisis?

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February 9 - The HSBC Swiss Bank Files Reveal Full Service Tax Dodging; Obama and Merkel and the Different Security Cultures in Germany and the U.S.; The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Goes After Payday Lenders

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October 27 - The Continuing Fallout From The NSA Leaks; Keeping Dark Money in The Dark; "The Syria Dilemma"

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May 20 - The G8's Conversion From Austerity to Growth; "Land Of Promise: An Economic History of the United States"; Protecting Whistleblowers Who Commit the Truth

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