President Obama’s two terms of office were marked by the search for consensus in International Relations. This yielded major diplomatic advances, such as the signing…
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President Obama’s two terms of office were marked by the search for consensus in International Relations. This yielded major diplomatic advances, such as the signing…
The collapse of government contractor Carillion will spread havoc. Sympathy for its creditors may not be overwhelming. But the impact on those who depended on…
Frank-Walter Steinmeier looked a little sheepish. Standing in front of his German presidential flag, the new federal President gave his Christmas address to the German…
The UK government’s approach to the Brexit negotiations has involved a considerable amount of threats and complaints. The latest was David Davis’ warning that there…
This year, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It was Europe’s suicide, and after a relatively peaceful…
In December, Chris Skidmore, Minister for the Constitution, wrote an opinion piece in the Telegraph called: ‘It is an affront to democracy that 27 million people are currently…
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of all people. Yet I have…
This year, we will celebrate a chaotic fiftieth anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). All countries are signatories exception for India, Pakistan and Israel….
They were surprised. And I was surprised that they were surprised. I was giving a talk to some senior business people and pointed out that…
“Education, education, education,” said Tony Blair in 2001 as he set out the key tenets of New Labour in the UK after almost two decades…
In our review of corporate governance last year, we took the view that the UK should move from its primary focus on ‘creating shareholder value’ to a…
The truth is that top-down and bottom-up are already living together. I have just come across a suggestion that our present top-down bureaucratic form of…