Seeds of crisis, and necessary solutions, lie in euro zone interdependenceWORLD VIEW: We have seen the weaknesses of pooled economic sovereignty – but strengthening it is in Ireland’s interestSat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
Germany must save euro zone or scrap it, says HabermasGERMANY’S LEADERS face a crucial choice between saving and developing the euro zone to protect their economic interests in the…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Merkel has depleted her capital of trust within EUJürgen Habermas, who receives the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin next week, is Germany’s foremost philosopher …Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Hamas must be part of Middle East settlementWORLD VIEW: Israel and Palestinians have much to learn from the solution to conflict in NorthSat May 29 2010 - 01:00
Reform of EU can prevent its declineWORLD VIEW: The union must move from an elitist approach to face up to systemic challengesSat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Rail network may be just the ticket for ChinaWORLD VIEW: China’s transcontinental rail plan would be the biggest infrastructure project in historySat May 01 2010 - 01:00
Polarisation penetrating US cultureWORLD VIEW: Sharp divisions are emerging within the Republican and Democratic partiesSat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Engaging with citizens can aid EU integrationWORLD VIEW: Voters must have clearer choices between policies, leaders and partiesSat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Public can play crucial role in legitimising EUIRELAND IS a cockpit for contending European political currents in the closing stages of the second Lisbon referendumSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
No vote would be an irrational act of self-injuryWORLD VIEW: In punching a hole in EU identity, our rejection of Lisbon would also align us with a Eurosceptical UKSat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Stirrings of Asian unity to shake up worldWORLD VIEW: ‘THINK ASIA!” That’s what the organisers of the sixth international conference of Asian scholars urged those attending…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
We cannot let belief in news values sufferWORLD VIEW: ACCORDING TO the German philosopher Hegel, writing in 1806, “the morning reading of the newspaper is a kind of realistic…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Making sense of the global confusionWORLD VIEW: CHINA’S PRIME minister, Wen Jiabao, always carries a copy of Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) when…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Irish voters can influence EU decisionsWORLD VIEW: WHAT DIFFERENCE does the European Council’s decision last December that all EU member states will retain the right…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Iran rebellion a critical test for Obama policyWORLD VIEW: IF IRAN was at the centre of George Bush’s axis of evil it is also pivotal for Barack Obama’s policy-making in the…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Why Chimerica alone may not ring quite trueWORLD VIEW: A “PAX-CHIMERICANA” would invite international hostility, be impossible for China to sustain politically, undermine…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
European elections should focus on policies, not personalitiesWORLDVIEW: ‘EUROPEAN POLITICIANS and parties are not doing their job – that is engaging average citizens in the European public…Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
History holds key to mutual understandingWORLD VIEW: PROFESSIONAL HISTORY and public memory are separate but related aspects of cultureSat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Great debate over inflation goes globalWORLD VIEW: 'IF CENTRAL banks cannot mop up the huge liquidity when economic recovery comes through, asset bubbles and inflation…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Parallels of accession states and IrelandWORLD VIEW: ‘IT HAPPENED here in IrelandSat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Global nature of recession more apparentWORLD VIEW: SCATTERED THROUGH the international policy websites, economic blogs and media discussion of the economic crisis …Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
Simplification of civilisations is dangerousWORLD VIEW: THE PHRASE “Islam and the West” sounds innocuous to many European earsSat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Obama and the new patterns of geopoliticsWORLD VIEW: WORLD POWER and wealth distributions are shifting geographically and politically towards new centres of influence…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Obama needs courage for opening to IranWORLD VIEW: ‘YOU CHANGE and we shall change as well... Changes must be real..Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
Making a virtue out of a moral impasseWORLD VIEW: ABOUT 500 people packed out a UCD lecture hall yesterday week to hear a lecture by Alasdair MacIntyre entitled “…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
Globalisation in reverse is better than a retreat to protectionismWORLD VIEW: CONTRACTION IS the new buzzword to describe what is happening in world and national economiesSat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Applying press ethics to truth and war in the Middle EastWORLD VIEW: ‘PRESS FREEDOM is a responsibility exercised by journalists on behalf of the publicSat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Applying press ethics to truth and war in the Middle EastWORLD VIEW: ‘PRESS FREEDOM is a responsibility exercised by journalists on behalf of the publicSat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
EU structures leave it at one remove from growing crisisWORLD VIEW : There is no effective way for voters to effect major EU policy change on the economic crisisSat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Gaza conflict a template for US policy on IranWORLD VIEW: EVERYONE WANTS to go to Baghdad. Real men want to go to TehranSat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
A gamble that may yet cost us the EarthWORLD VIEW: IN THE middle of this economic whirlwind people are reaching out for ways to explain the events and put them in …Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Peeling back layers beneath 'terrorism' labelWORLD VIEW: OF TERRORISM it can truly be said, in the words of the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, that those who know do not speak…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
G20 nations emerging as broader forumWORLD VIEW: YESTERDAY EU leaders in Brussels, today and tomorrow G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Sao Paulo…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
EU regulatory frailties need restructuringWORLD VIEW: WHO PAYS? How to pay? These two major questions are thrown up by this week's convulsions in the world financial …Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Allies in EU needed now more than everWORLD VIEW: THE WORD crisis is overworked in these days of financial turmoil. It derives from the Greek krino, to decideSat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
'Free enterprise for the poor, socialism for the rich': Vidal's claim gains leverageWORLD VIEW: Growing social inequality in the US puts the economy back at the centre of the presidential campaign, writes Paul…Sat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
Paying the price for a weak and incompetent Lisbon campaignWORLD VIEW: An emerging ad-hoc approach to solving EU problems is relegating Ireland to the margins, writes Paul Gillespie.Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
India points the way to new global realitiesWORLD VIEW: 'THE GLOBAL governance structure needs to be more democratic and more representative of all the people of the world…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
EU needs to find new forms of engagementWORLD VIEW: 'THE PRINCIPLES of democracy must be the threads that weave the fabric of the European UnionSat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Treaty tackles EU 'democratic deficit' issueWORLD VIEW THAT THE European Union suffers from a "democratic deficit" has become a standard criticism by its friends and foes…Sat May 31 2008 - 01:00
Debate on aid policy should be a priorityWORLD VIEW: DRAMATIC IMAGES from the current food crisis bring home how steep price rises over the last year have affected the…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Sarkozy rocks the EU power relations boatWORLD VIEW: FRANCE AND Germany have been strategic allies for so long within the EU that they are conventionally seen as the…Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00
Nato tensions reflect diverging interests of US and EuropeWorld View: Nato was famously defined in the 1950s by its first secretary general Lord Ismay as an organisation designed to…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Engaging with Iran may help US fight extremismWorldView: Ever since the revised US National Intelligence Estimate saying that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons programme…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Kenyan crisis is chilling but talk of ethnic cleansing is prematureWorld View : A chilling report from Kenya during the week spoke of how violence there is tearing apart the social fabric as …Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Global political stresses underlie economic turbulenceWorldView: 'We got back to understanding some of the basics about how the economies and the financial markets work, and not…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
African migration into EU requires more than just a security responseWorldView: Asked why he was willing to risk his life to find work in Europe, Pape Seck responded: "Look here on the beach. …Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
What the future holds for British-Irish relationsWorldView: Published in 2060, Peter Bew's two volume study of British-Irish relations from 2000 to 2030 captures two essential…Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00
