Kyoto: The last rites
Where better than the Qatari capital to perform the last rites over the Kyoto Protocol?
- 1 October 2012
Chinese whispers: Obama's muddled Beijing strategy
The US needs to maintain its defence tech superiority, control sea lanes to China, bolster its alliances with middling military powers such as Japan and India - and it needs to spend the money to do all this
- 27 September 2012
America's warning to Eurocrats: Hands off our airlines
U.S Senate passes legislation to prevent American airlines abiding to EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
- 25 September 2012
Solar eclipsed?
As the green utopian clouds obscuring the real cost of ‘free’ solar power clear, it’s easy to see why the industry is in eclipse
- 13 September 2012
Borrow and spend? Cui bono?
Again the call goes up for the government to borrow more and spend more, but to whose benefit are the calls for?
- 31 August 2012
Freewheeling regulator or a fixed wheel of economic warfare?
The US has always been used to taking gold, but with London overtaking New York, is the superpower using its regulators to shove the City off its racing line?
- 10 August 2012
Hold on to your hats, China is getting sleepy
When China wakes the world will tremble said Napoleon. Let’s hope the same isn’t true when it nods off
- 31 July 2012
True belief and true failure at the United Nations
The UN Arms Trade Treaty conference predictably closed in failure as its negotiating mandate expired last week, marking a defeat for NGO-driven diplomacy
- 30 July 2012
Beijing and London: A comparison of national manifesto
Comparing London 2012's opening ceremony with that of Beijing 2008 offers insights into the contrasting direction and outlook of China and the UK. It's not comfortable viewing for all of us
- 30 July 2012
The Brussels Diary: We're All Citizens of Europe Edition
Did you know that you can't be a British citizen without being a European, too? That and more...
- 30 June 2012
The Populism of the third way is a cancer now starting to kill
Easy answers and hypocrisy delivered with a little spin are no longer sufficient to weather the storm. We cannot continue under the populism of "the third way"
- 12 June 2012
When the UN Arms Trade Treaty fails, what next?
Make no mistake; the Arms Trade Treaty will fail. And when it does, its advocates will look everywhere but the mirror to figure out why
- 30 May 2012
Is Germany to blame for the euro crisis?
All the alternatives to eurozone 'austerity' involve redistributing German wealth. If the blame for the euro crisis lies with Berlin, should they cough up more?
- 29 May 2012
A world tour of addictive stupidity
Addiction to welfare, deliberately promoted for reckless political aims, is capable of extraordinary damage. The West is about to find out the hard way leaving the door open for a grand circle of history
- 8 May 2012
No es Buenos Aires: Argentina's ambush of William Hague reveals hard truths
The Argentine ambush of William Hague was symptomatic of wider contempt emanating from Buenos Aires
- 2 May 2012
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