Professor Keith Banting, of Queen’s University, Canada, gave a talk at Canada House, London, on 14 November 2007, discussing the development of federalism in Canada and its impact on the nature of […]
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Read an exchange in the Financial Times between Matthew Engel and Professor Tim Buthe, of the Center for European Studies, Duke University, North Carolina, on the way in which technical standards
Brussels’ glaring stupidity Read More »
A British government consultation document on ethical trade in the food industry remarks that “the sourcing of fish from an unsustainable or sustainable source is as much an ethical issue
By John Parry A review of “Building Cosmopolis: The political thought of H G Wells”, by John S Partington (Ashgate Publishing) The British author H G Wells is mainly known
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Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP, wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday advocating “liberal nationalism”. You can read it here. This is my reply. Liberal nationalism is a contradiction
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There is a new trade war in Europe, between Russia and the Ukraine over the cost of gas. The EU is convening its experts over fears that it might get
One of the first things I learned about the etiquette of debating politics on the internet was that the first person to mention Hitler is deemed to have lost the
By Geoffrey Heller“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend,” wrote the English novelist E. M. Forster, “I hope I would have the guts to
My country right or wrong? Read More »
Based on a talk given by Robert Lloyd, Project Officer in the Accountability Programme of the One World Trust, to the AGM of Federal Union, 12 March 2005. The question
How can we make multilateral institutions more accountable? Read More »
Based on a talk given by Richard Laming to the AGM of Federal Union, 12 March 2005. I remember in the days of the debate about the euro, a central
How can multilateralism be democratic? Read More »
