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SEDRUN, SWITZERLAND – OCTOBER 15: Workers celebrate the breakthrough of the second shaft of Gotthard Tunnel on October 15, 2010 in Sedrun, Switzerland. The world’s longest tunnel, which has been under construction for 14 years, is not expected to open for service until at least the end of 2016.

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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amy Golay/TiPress/Getty Images

SEDRUN, SWITZERLAND - OCTOBER 15: Workers celebrate the breakthrough of the second shaft of Gotthard Tunnel on October 15, 2010 in Sedrun, Switzerland. The world's longest tunnel, which has been under construction for 14 years, is not expected to open for service until at least the end of 2016.

SEDRUN, SWITZERLAND – OCTOBER 15: Workers celebrate the breakthrough of the second shaft of Gotthard Tunnel on October 15, 2010 in Sedrun, Switzerland. The world’s longest tunnel, which has been under construction for 14 years, is not expected to open for service until at least the end of 2016.

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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