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The EU Summit and the Visegrad Quartet Split
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The entry of the four Central European countries — Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia (known also as the Visegrad 4 group, or V-4) — into the European Union on May 1,...
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Remembering Vaclav Havel: Velvet Revolutionary and Champion of Freedom
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Sunday before Christmas brought sad news around the world, but especially in my part of the world – Vaclav Havel, the dissident, writer, leader of the Velvet Revolution,...
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Are Leaders Born or Are They Made?
Five years ago at a dinner I attended, Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks, attempted to answer this question: Are leaders born or made? Since that dinner, I have often reflected on his answer, and at...
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What Can the US Healthcare System Learn from the Czech Republic?
My fellow American Marshall Memorial Fellows and I passed through security in an eight-story building in downtown Prague. After ascending to the sixth floor, we looked for the door marked 14. After...
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