If you haven't done so already, I would really encourage you to buy Bruce Bawer's excellent While Europe Slept.
Bawer, an American who lived in Amsterdam and who currently resides in Oslo, Norway, has written extensively about Europe's troubles which is of course one of the core Peaktalk themes. I've always argued that outsiders with direct exposure to the continent - and having left the place sixteen years ago I consider myself to be one too - to be best positioned to write about Europe. Deep enough knowledge and a sufficient amount of distance to enable a measure of objectivity.
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