<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007</id><updated>2011-10-12T00:57:23.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Politics in Focus</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Katerina Loucka</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-4018713691249784389</id><published>2011-05-24T02:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T02:42:01.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Europe and Immigrants</title><summary type='text'>
IntroductionPoliticians as well as the wider public have recently started to discuss the failure of the exclusive approach toward immigrants in Europe, the multiculturalism. On one hand, politization of the whole issue emphasizing the immigrants’ role in the process of socio-economic destabilization within the receiving country’s society is often linked to populism of politicians to whom it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/4018713691249784389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/europe-and-immigrants.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/4018713691249784389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/4018713691249784389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/europe-and-immigrants.html' title='Europe and Immigrants'/><author><name>Katerina Loucka</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-329632620762071546</id><published>2011-05-05T03:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T04:12:35.458-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Egyptian-Iranian Relations Resurrection: Beyond the Prism of With Us or Against Us</title><summary type='text'> At  the end of March, hot news about restoring diplomatic ties between Iran  and Egypt appeared in the international media. This news churned up the  international scene’s waters since the general awareness refers to the  non-existence of full diplomatic ties since the Iranian Islamic  revolution in 1979 when the relationship between these two countries  collapsed. Consequently the relations </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/329632620762071546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/egyptian-iranian-relations-resurrection_05.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/329632620762071546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/329632620762071546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/egyptian-iranian-relations-resurrection_05.html' title='Egyptian-Iranian Relations Resurrection: Beyond the Prism of With Us or Against Us'/><author><name>Katerina Loucka</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-4010173540768795315</id><published>2011-05-05T03:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T04:13:19.279-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Islam in Europe: Object of Orientalism and Securitization</title><summary type='text'>Europe as a relatively small area in comparison to other continent was never a homogenous place. European lands differed in culture, political establishment, and after the end of the Thirty Years’ War, officially even in religion. The new levels of globalization, however, cause a cultural blending Europe has never experienced before. At this time a faraway Islam of a modern history’s ‘orientalism</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/4010173540768795315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/islam-in-europe-object-of-orientalism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/4010173540768795315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/4010173540768795315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/islam-in-europe-object-of-orientalism.html' title='Islam in Europe: Object of Orientalism and Securitization'/><author><name>Katerina Loucka</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-1479876780371436903</id><published>2011-05-05T03:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T04:14:04.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran's Membership of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Step Forward or Political Game?</title><summary type='text'>While Iran is often described as a country with an expansive history,  hospitable people and a deep cultural heritage, it is, unfortunately,  its nuclear programme which has raised international attention of the  Islamic republic and has turned Iran into one of the most widely  discussed polities on earth. Following 9/11, Iran was castigated by the  US as a ‘sponsor of terrorism' and cornered (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/1479876780371436903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/irans-membership-of-united-nations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/1479876780371436903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/851832616676416007/posts/default/1479876780371436903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicsinfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/irans-membership-of-united-nations.html' title='Iran&apos;s Membership of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Step Forward or Political Game?'/><author><name>Katerina Loucka</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Írán</georss:featurename><georss:point>32.427908 53.688045999999986</georss:point><georss:box>24.940420000000003 44.03732299999999 39.915396 63.338768999999985</georss:box></entry></feed>
