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
Shifting sands of British-Irish relations analysedWorldview: The wish might be father to the thought, but the thought was truly there - Anthony TrollopeSat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Diplomacy with Iran may be step too far for BushWORLDVIEW: Knowledge deters. Iran's leaders are rational actors. Diplomacy worksSat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Vigorous campaign needed to highlight reform treaty issuesWorld View : The eyes of the world will be on Ireland next year as we vote in a referendum on the European Union's reform treaty…Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Emerging threats to freedom of the pressWORLD VIEW: For whom is journalism meant to be? For whom is it actually?Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
Ubiquitous Sarkozy facing first real test of his determinationWorldView: On hearing I was off to speak on a panel about Nicolas Sarkozy's first six months as president of France a colleague…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Crisis in Burma sparks shift in Asean stanceWorldView : The Burmese crisis has catapulted that country on to the international agenda this weekSat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Sarkozy changes political agendaWorld View: Political change can throw up the most unlikely combinationsSat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00
Gordon Brown's Atlantic dilemmaWorldview: Gordon Brown gave a skilled performance in Washington this week at his first meeting with George Bush, emphasising…Sat Aug 04 2007 - 01:00
EU experience can benefit Asia as it explores regional integrationWorldView: 'Asians have begun to discuss AsiaSat Jun 02 2007 - 01:00
Can powersharing lead to place of through-otherness?WorldView: 'Ireland's greatest living poet, a fellow Derry man, Seamus Heaney, once told a gathering that I attended at Magee…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Final countdownfor France and its politics of changeWorldView: There was one telling exchange between French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal during Wednesday…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Final countdownfor France and its politics of changeWorldView: There was one telling exchange between French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal during Wednesday…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Enlarged debate needed on the EU experimentWorldView: Now that Romania and Bulgaria have joined the European Union, bringing the membership to 27 states, it is conventionally…Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
Challenging beliefs about modernity and secularismWorld View: The boy still believed in Santa and the tooth fairy at the age of 11, so his parents decided it was time to disabuse…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Talk of Scottish independence turns minds to Irish unityWORLDVIEW: Just as Scotland marks the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union with England next year, its voters will go to the…Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
Battle of ideas about Europe lies behind shift in terminologyWorldView: From "absorption" to "integration"Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Iraq report takes broader approach to Mid-East crisisWorldView: 'I guess you heard from some people before the war commenced that the road to Arab-Israeli peace ran through Baghdad…Sat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Income disparities cast new light on American dreamWorldview: The share of aggregate income going to the highest-earning 1 per cent of Americans has doubled from 8 per cent in…Sat Nov 11 2006 - 00:00
'Neo-realism' offers possibilities to Middle EastWorld View: 'Let us never negotiate from fear, but let us never fear to negotiateSat Nov 04 2006 - 00:00
Time for EU to firm up relations with neighboursWorldView: Last week European Union leaders met President Putin of Russia at their informal summit in LahtiSat Oct 28 2006 - 01:00
Israel must agree to a ceasefire or Hizbullah will prosperWorld View: Know your enemy, know yourself, One hundred battles, one hundred victoriesSat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
US proxy war thinking based on false assumptionsWorldView: 'It's really a proxy war between the United States and Iran," according to David Rothkopf of the Carnegie Endowment…Sat Aug 05 2006 - 01:00
US buys into Israeli policyWORLD VIEW/Paul Gillespie: 'I've been studying American foreign policy in the Middle East for 34 years and I can't recall any…Sat Jul 22 2006 - 01:00
If US won't apply pressure to calm Middle East, then other powers mustWorld View: My Israeli diplomatic informant was specificSat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
Europe and the US - is it the end of the affair?WorldView: For 36 per cent of voters in five European countries, the United States is a greater threat to global safety than…Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
Prodi faces big challenges, Berlusconi among themWORLDVIEW: Roberto Calderoni, Silvio Berlusconi's minister for reform, described Italy's electoral law as a porcata, a term …Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Reading 1916 politics via official acts of memoryWorldView: Who won in 1916? This is hard to answer, but it is a vital aspect of the politics of commemorationSat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Fuelling nationalism in Iran is sure to backfireWorld View: Richard Perle, doyen of hardline US neoconservatives, told The Chicago Tribune in April 2003, just after the invasion…Sat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
EU integration is way to keep Balkan-style warring at bayWorldView: The death of Slobodan Milosevic is a sharp reminder of a dark period in European history after the end of the Cold…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Sharon successor will share hawkish pragmatismWorld View: Interviewed on RTÉ yesterday about Ariel Sharon, the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti said his departure would…Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Big sticks and carrots across the MedWorldView: "Speaking softly and carrying a big carrot"Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Cultures of the Med must draw North's eyeWorld View: Several events in the Middle East and North Africa have attracted media coverage in Europe over the last week.Sat Oct 01 2005 - 01:00
Radical implications for media on the web only now being understoodWorld View: When a product becomes a functional verb it has certainly arrivedSat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Turkey's EU dreams require sensitivity and leadershipWorldView: The Turkish ambassador in Vienna emphasised his country's proud past as a European power, the role of Ottoman Turkey…Sat Jul 23 2005 - 01:00
