In about 1600, the privy counsellors and courtiers of Elizabeth I fretted about the succession, as the Queen had failed to confirm her heir. Machinations…
In about 1600, the privy counsellors and courtiers of Elizabeth I fretted about the succession, as the Queen had failed to confirm her heir. Machinations…
BOEING 747 RETIRES There is, maybe, no greater icon of a globalized world than the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. In most people’s imagination, the symbol…
This article appeared in CityAM, the Times of Malta and Medium “The last place we expected something like this to happen was Germany,” said Peter…
The UK, with between 40,000 and 65,000 deaths depending on which measure you use, has suffered disproportionately during coronavirus. It has the third-highest death toll…
This article has also been published on Vvox (in Italian) and Agenda Publica (Spanish) The Covid-19 pandemic has represented a destructive explosion at the heart…
“Germany will pay! “This was the slogan on which the National Bloc based its campaign for the November 1919 legislative elections. After its convincing electoral…
After the extensive collateral damage of the lockout, which was to be expected, as has become clearer and clearer, I should like to focus on…
It was probably inevitable, though not in its rapidity and perhaps not quite for the reasons anyone expected. Once assumed to be the next CDU…
We appear to be in a year of anniversaries and commemorations, with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War and the…
International trade as a percentage of GDP soared in the post-war years. In this issue of our Globalization Outlook we ask: was it ever viable…
In the wake of the Christchurch tragedy, this month’s Globalisation Outlook moves away from the newsletter format to a short essay on the politics of…
In this month’s Open Markets newsletter: Has Facebook hired Nick Clegg too late to save them? As pressure in the US Congress grows and as…