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Britain is no longer a sovereign state: it’s official. Summoned to give evidence to the United States Congress on the progress of the war in Iraq, Tony Blair jumps to
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Banging on about Europe
David Cameron, speaking at the start of the Tory party conference this week in Bournemouth, called for people to stop “banging on about Europe”. Sorry, David, that’s not really me.
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In search of Middle East peace
By Brendan Donnelly Published in The Times, 9 August 2006 Sir Lord Rees-Mogg reminds us of the “insult to our national independence” offered by the US Government in pressing for the
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America’s support for Europe
The visit of President Bush to Europe this week has opened same interesting discussions about what American policy really is towards the EU. In the past, of course, the
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US-EU: the end of the affair
By George Irvin Like millions of other people, I sat up until the morning hours of Wednesday 3 November watching the results of the US election come in, at first
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Taking George W Bush seriously
By John Williams A review of: The president of good and evil: taking George W Bush seriously” by Peter Singer (Granta Books, 2004) “Plan of attack” by Bob Woodward (Simon
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Trans-Atlantic relations in an election year
Debate at the AGM on 13 March 2004 introduced by Stephen Haseler It is not possible to separate the debate about European unity from the question of the transatlantic relationship.
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Federalism in the post-cold-war era
By John Williams A review of: “Tony Blair: the making of a world leader” by Philip Stephens (Viking, 2004) “The Bubble of American Supremacy” by George Soros (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
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Europe’s choice
By John Williams Atlanticism versus European federalism: the choice between consolidating United States global hegemony and restoring global balance-of-power The British political establishment’s habit of giving precedence to the mythological
The euro referendum: a long time to wait
By Brendan Donnelly At the beginning of this year, the likelihood of the government’s holding and winning in 2003 a referendum on British membership of the euro was already slight.
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