1. Is the EU’s tin ear responsible for the increased electoral success of far-right parties across the continent?
2. Are austerity measures the only way to stop Europe’s debt crisis?
3. Will Christina Fernandez de Kirchner run for re-election in 2011?
4. How will Haiti’s recent presidential election impact the country’s reconstruction budget?
5. Is Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s move to name Kenyan politicians accused of orchestrating violence after elections in 2007 unwise?
6. How fair was Egypt’s latest parliamentary election?
7. Has Africa’s partnership with the EU been a failure?
8. How will WikiLeaks State Department document dump impact Iran’s relations with other Middle Eastern nations?
9. What grade does China deserve for its handling of the Korea crisis?
10. Can Germany continue to afford bailing out other euro zone members?
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In the United States, the Democratic Party is attempting to paint the Republican Party as mean spirited and warning voters that if the Republicans take control of Congress this November they will privatize Social Security. This tactic is meant to rally elderly voters, who vote more than any other group, to the polls on Election Day. Social Security is referred to as the third rail in American politics because it is such a deadly issue for politicians to confront. However, all experts agree that without changes in its structure, Social Security and America’s dreams of a government pension in old age are likely to go the way of the dodo.