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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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a bad tradition
The resignation of French head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over allegations of a sex attack in a New York hotel room has restarted the debate about who …
The death of Osama Bin Laden
Quakers are enjoined to see “that of God in everyone”, but it must be hard to see it in the person of Osama Bin Laden. A terrorist and a mass …
The trial of Tzipi Livni
Let me say at the outset that there is no simple answer to this question. The development of the law in theory has outstripped the implementation of the law in …
A fair trial for O J Simpson
O J Simpson is in trouble again. This time he is on trial for kidnapping and robbery, having been acquitted famously of murder back in 1995. A problem for the courts, …
The future of federalism
Discussion at the Federal Union seminar on 6 September 2008 What has federalism achieved in the UK, Europe and the world? What is its future agenda? How are these issues …
The arrest of Karadzic
The apprehension of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been widely acclaimed as a good thing. There are some, though, who disapprove. There is a group of souverainistes who …
The death of Saddam Hussein
I am not going to say anything about the death penalty in the case of Saddam Hussein – plenty of other people have already done so, and no-one better than …
Can multilateralism be effective? Protecting human rights
Based on a talk given by Daniel Wheatley, Government Relations Officer of the Bahá’í Community of the UK, to the AGM of Federal Union, 12 March 2005. May I begin …
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Citizens in Europe, citizens of Europe
“Democracy requires not only the people. You can create the apparatus of a state at European level, with a common frontier, a single immigration policy, a common foreign and defence …