China was, until recently, seen in the West as a largely beneficial source of economic growth and business opportunities and militarily largely irrelevant. It is…
China was, until recently, seen in the West as a largely beneficial source of economic growth and business opportunities and militarily largely irrelevant. It is…
We all want good public services but none of us believe that any of the burdens for paying for them should fall on us. That…
Founder and first president of our Fifth French Republic, General de Gaulle had an excellent principle for his diplomacy: France recognises states, not regimes. For…
Three years ago, the Maryland Neighbourhood Exchange was just a dream. We envisioned creating a website listing great local investment opportunities in Baltimore and mobilising…
I always get into trouble with economists when I claim that there is no such thing as an apolitical economics. That economics is a branch of…
This short paper is a response to the UK Treasury’s call for consultation on the Hill Review on the UK prospectus regime which had the…
A great deal has been correctly made of the need for international funding for the transformations required to adapt to climate change. Yet the UK…
The US and Canada heat dome, Siberian forest fires, devastating floods in Germany and surrounding countries, and the truly grim fact that the Amazon is…
On July 14, the European Union unveiled sweeping climate change and emissions targets that would, according to Gulf News, mean “the end of the internal combustion…
We have one major supermarket in our high street – it’s a Co-op. Though, yes, I know a new Budgens is opening almost opposite. Its…
It was fascinating to see the interview in the Observer with David Brown last weekend, about the Go-Ahead group where he has been CEO for the past…
We are absolutely not on track and COP26 is likely to fail us, given the experience of top down approaches without the power to enforce….