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Lucky Little Countries?

November 17th, 2007

Ian Buruma, Lucky Little Countries?

“It is true that the Dutch, proud and comfortable inside their narrow borders, have, like the Swiss, often viewed the outside world with a degree of smugness. And for this they are now being punished. That, too, is the natural fate of being a lucky little country in Western Europe.”

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