Is the time right for a new world order?
The answer to the question in the title of this talk is of course, yes, the time is right, but I think you would like to hear a little more […]
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A view from the other side
By Patrick Mc Nally The mood is subdued. This is an underwhelming summit deal. The summit failed to deliver a decisive result in favour of the single currency and has
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Meltdown
This will be the situation if the markets are disappointed by the decisions of the European Council on 9 December. If this happens the market will probably sell every euro
The European Court of Human Rights: What’s at stake? (8 December 2011)
The European Parliament Office in the UK and the European Institute of University College London in cooperation with the National Council of Voluntary Organizations Invite you to the Annual Sakharov
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Radoslaw Sikorski: I fear Germany’s power less than her inactivity
The break up of the eurozone would be a crisis of apocalyptic proportions, going beyond our financial system. Once the logic of “each man for himself” takes hold, can we
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Are the EU and its member states meeting their human rights obligations? (12 December 2011)
Monday 12 December 2011 Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU 9.30 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 11.00 Keynote speakers : Thomas Hammarberg Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of
The uncertain boundary between politics and law
Here is an interesting examination of the interaction between politics and law in the British political system, delivered by leading barrister (and future judge) Jonathan Sumption QC. Delivered as the
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Charles Darwin: man ought to extend his social instincts
“As man advances in civilisation, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies
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No globalisation without representation
That the protestors outside St Paul’s cathedral are critical of global capitalism should not be surprise. Doesn’t everybody object to the way in which what was effectively gambling in unregulated
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Reforms to party funding can strengthen local politics
The report on funding for political parties published today outlines some interesting ideas for reforming the way that politics works in the United Kingdom, improving it in some ways but
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