Edward Carr

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#euro needed Draghi's lifeline. But the ECB cannot sustain intervention without political unity: that is getting harder http://t.co/EVYgVLvj

Gridlock Beijing-style. Excellent overview of the need for reform in China--and the difficulty of bringing it about http://t.co/mdsy3X1b

Kadima threatens to quit Israeli government if no Haredi deal by Sunday. Argy bargy before court's Aug 1 deadline http://t.co/1xLhG8Va

Merkel may be pilloried at home for her #euro concessions; but she is still politically unassailable http://t.co/TAUj8ZrE

Masterly account of why #euro summits fail from Steve Fidler and Matina Stevis http://t.co/rj3kQpWO

How will the messy reality of governing change Islamists used to the moral certainty of suppression? See this FP book http://t.co/pJeTmIJ2

Irish exports disappoint, Portugal's court blocks cuts: now Greek minister goes. Accidents blow #eruo summit off course http://t.co/yZ2bcw5g

France wary of a federal EU. It has always wanted the EU to magnify French power, not syphon power to Brussels http://t.co/ey0cVsV3

Spanish bonds near 7%. Eurozone must manage 3 tracks: markets, economy + politics. All on different timescales. Each destabilises the others

Putin backs Assad as last ME Russian client. Watch for shift as he accepts inevitability of Assad going--because of Syrians, not the West.

Funniest-ever paper on nanomaterials http://t.co/KO9Pnl5x

As #Monti's popularity wanes, there's gloom about growth and sagging tax revenues. And #Italy got less out of the #euro summit than #Spain.

Has the #Annanplan got any life in it? Or is it just a fig leaf for a world that wants to look away?