UK Political Storm Over
The last two weeks or so have been especially testing for British premier Gordon Brown. First, the MP expenses scandal rocked the “mother of all parliaments”. Last week, backstabbing was the order of...
View ArticleDisputed borders – a trip-wire for war
Whilst the world’s attention was recently focused on a relatively minor incident involving disputed islands in the South China Sea, the 4,000-km disputed border between India and China is quietly being...
View ArticleIt’s about the future, stupid !
This autumn’s wave of demonstrations in Paris and other European capitals were expected to spare London, the citadel of neoliberalism. Various experts were hard at work trying to explain in the media...
View ArticleEU: A question of priorities
After hearing daily about the problems experienced by the EU’s common currency, austerity measures and the like, one might be forgiven for being inclined to believe that the crisis and its ugly...
View ArticleNew eBooks on geopolitics and IR
At the end of 2011 and the start of this year, I have published 3 eBooks on geopolitics, which I would like to invite you to have a look at (and even read). Here are the links: “The Peace of 1763 and...
View ArticleHow feasible is a ‘Holland of the South’ ?
During a recent interview published in Le Monde, Artur Mas, the President of the Catalonian government in Barcelona, has revealed plans to conclude a new fiscal pact with the central government in...
View ArticleAn electoral victory of sorts for England
Last week’s electoral win by the Conservative party has marked the Labour party’s fall from political grace in Britain. The victory was obtained through political manipulation (as opposed to political...
View ArticleThe Agony of Western Democracy
The British parliament’s historical anti-Brexit deal vote is the latest act in a series of events affecting the performance of Western democracies worldwide. From the US, France and England in the West...
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