Mexico and the Drug Wars
Francis Fukuyama One of the most obvious policy initiatives that the United States could undertake right now is is to seriously up the amount of help being given Mexico...
Pox Americana: Beyond American Studies and the ‘Special Relationship’
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk With no further ado, American Studies in five episodes: EPISODE 1: WE’RE NUMBER ONE A young boy grows in the US South of...
The Betrayal of Dissent
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk As Robert Fisk has written, ‘The real and frightening story starts now.’[i] It may be the only occasion where he is in accord with neo-conservatives...
Enduring “America”: Making the Preponderant Universal?
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk In October 2001 Charlotte Beers, formerly the head of the Madison Avenue advertising firms Oglivy and Mather and J. Walter Thompson, joined the George W....
Negotiating’Freedom’
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk Five years ago, the freelance historian Frances Stonor Saunders caused a flurry of press comment with the publication of her Who Paid the Piper?, published...
Enduring Freedom: Public Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy
By Prof. Scott Lucas On 14 October 2001, President George W. Bush complained to a prime-time press conference, “I’m amazed that there is such misunderstanding of what our country is...
Selected Bibliography Turkish-American Relations in the Context of Northern Iraq
Ali Onur Özçelik Abramowitz, Morton. (2000) “The Complexities of American Policy Making on Turkey” in Abromowitz, Morton (ed) Turkey’s...
Americas Programme
The study of politics of the Americas requires a redefinition of how one defines what region, regionness, and regional area studies mean. By region, we are not speaking of clear,...
Why We Need the Council of Europe
Strasbourg, the seat of many European institutions, will host the first World Forum for Democracy from 5 to 11 October. Unlike the EU, the European Council — a co-organiser of the...
Has The European Commission Acquired More Power Due To The Euro Area Debt Crisis
The European Commission has always been the object of debates and analyses as to what extent the European Union (EU) political structure is democratic, since the structure of the Commission...
Security Policy in the European Union and the United States through the Issue of Their Defence Expenditures
Security policy is a very important factor of a nation’s strength as it determines considerably its political independence and social stability. Security policy is not just the implementation of a...
Cypriot Natural Gas and the Eastern Mediterranean: Between Crisis and Cooperation
Natural resources have long been the cause of both development and conflict. Of course, in resource-abundant countries natural resources have, more often than not, caused conflict rather than development. However,...
Culture, Religion, EU-Turkey and Cyprus: Dilemma
Cultural differences have become, in the eyes of some, an impediment to Turkish accession to the EU. French sociologist Amaury de Riencourt makes a clear distinction between culture and civilization....
Sacking Sarkozy won’t be enough
The new French president will have to make a decision about a European treaty that would demand still greater austerity. The choice will affect the future of France, and of...
Cameron’s Munich?
Is this David Cameron’s Munich? It is not without historical irony that the only other country to stand with Britain over the Fiscal Compact at yesterday's EU Summit was the Czech Republic which Chamberlain...