Friday, July 26, 2013

Hope and trials in Myanmar

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Myanmar has a long and difficult road ahead to achieve political stability, democracy and economic development. Hope rests on Aung San Suu K...
Monday, July 08, 2013

Don't let England's poujadists kill London's golden goose

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One of the UK’s key economic advantages is its success at attracting skilled immigrants. In particular, the ability of London to generate th...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

What is wrong with the European Commission?

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The European Commission, a crucial EU institution, is beset with difficulties. It is popular with neither governments nor voters. Twenty ye...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future

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The protests that started in Istanbul’s Gezi Park two weeks ago have spread across Turkey and show little sign of dying down. They signify a...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?

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The EU has long had a problem of legitimacy, but the euro crisis has made it worse. According to Eurobarometer, 72 per cent of Spaniards do ...
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Friday, June 07, 2013

The CER commission on the UK and the single market

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The case for British membership of the EU has always rested primarily on the country’s participation in the single market. The CER’s commiss...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Tilting at European windmills

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Britain’s European debate is moving from process (referendum when? how?) to substance – the question of whether the costs of EU membership o...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

A dose of inflation would help the eurozone medicine go down

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Everyone accepts that persistently high inflation can damage economic growth and arbitrarily punish some groups in society while benefiting ...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS

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The EU regularly describes the ETS as the centrepiece of its climate policy. This centrepiece is currently a failure. Climate change is al...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013

NATO and the costs of star wars

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Over the last decade, the US has spent tens of billions of dollars constructing a shield to stop nuclear missiles from North Korea or Iran r...