Europe’s Leaders are Europe’s Greatest Weakness
Europe’s leaders are Europe’s greatest weakness. Stockholm is a beautiful city, both solid and enticing in equal measure as it cavorts between land, sea, and sky. And yet behind the...
What Happens if Climate Change Impacts Food Production In Vulnerable Countries?
To adapt to temperature rises of 2 Celsius we will have to change the way we produce food. That has economic consequences. The most likely one we are already seeing...
China and Taiwan – Apocalypse Now?
The Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, which begins officially following her inauguration on 20 May, promises even more “interesting times” in relations across the Taiwan Strait, writes John West. Tsai Ing-wen...
Integrating China’s New Silk Road and the Eurasian Economic Union
In a recent article Russia's reputed periodical Expert Online suggests China is pushing Russia to link its Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) project with China's plans for the New Silk Road...
Heat not Light: The Tyranny of the Input Culture
Suddenly there is a glut of money. The British government is desperately trying to find projects to spend billions of unspent aid and development money. Meanwhile, the Treasury (finance ministry)...
The Border That We Keep
On March 30 of this year, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) endorsed Donald Trump, effectively backing his bid for the presidency of the United States. NBPC president Brandon Judd...
The Front Line of Climate Change is Apparent in The Solomon Islands
In a newly released paper appearing in Environmental Research Letters, researchers from The University of Queensland, University of Wollongong, University of the Sunshine Coast and CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere in...
BBC Accused of Bias on Aleppo
By Patrick Ward* and Salwa Amor** Anti-regime activists in Syria have accused the BBC of bias after the broadcaster used footage of the aftermath of a government attack on rebel-held...
Modernization Theory and “Third Wave Democracy”: Internal and External Impediments to Democracy and Development
Introduction Known mostly for The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order(1996) Samuel Huntington, like Francis Fukuyama (End of History and the Last Man, 1992), caught the...
Post-COP21 Emission Reduction Pledges are Inadequate – Why?
For ten millennia preceding the Industrial Revolution the Earth has had a healthy carbon balance. Forests, soil and other vegetation roughly balanced the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the...
Terror Bombing in Brussels and Paris
Europe’s Islamist Legionnaires Come Home to Fight Introduction The terror bombings in Paris and Brussels have raised a cacophony of voices, ranging from state officials, Prime Ministers and Presidents, to...
American Establishment Is Sabotaging Sanders and Trump Insurgencies
As the forward march of the Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders primary campaigns continues to defy expert predictions, the GOP and Democratic party establishments, and their corporate-media allies are busily...
An IMF Plot, Greece, the EU and BREXIT
On 19 March 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team for Greece held a meeting on how to force Greece into further austerity measures. These would entail deeper wage...
Czechia – Is The Czech Republic’s New Name Real?
The Czech Republic wants to change its name. Czech foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek has led calls for the country to be internationally known by the short, rather commercial-sounding name –...
How Brexit will Reduce Foreign Investment in the UK – and Why that Matters
Foreign investors love Britain, but Brexit would kill the vibe. According to new research colleagues and I have conducted at the Centre for Economic Performance, leaving the European Union could...