Varoufakis highlights battle between rules and macroeconomics at the euro group table‘The success of macroeconomists such as Varoufakis will be judged by the precedents they set in inspiring others over that longer term’Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Weighing up a policy of deterrence versus a policy of appeasement in UkraineMerkel is correct: it would be illogical to arm Ukraine without being willing to go to warSat Feb 14 2015 - 00:01
Syriza’s success marks not only a left rebellion but an economists’ one as wellAlexis Tsipras’s European internationalism can be a material factor if it encourages support for similar policies in forthcoming Spanish, Portuguese and Irish electionsSat Jan 31 2015 - 00:01
Time for the North to consider a federal deal with Dublin?The East-West dynamic was clearly visible in the just-concluded Northern negotiationsSat Jan 3 2015 - 00:01
How will latest street protests change party structures in Ireland and beyond?‘Compared to the scale and intensity of protest movements in Greece, Iceland, Spain, Italy or France the Irish ones have undoubtedly been weaker until this year’Mon Dec 22 2014 - 11:11
Why it has been a bad week for Vladimir PutinWorld View: It seems better to preserve an analytical detachment, rather than plumping for either camp on the assumption that a new Cold War is indeed in the makingSun Dec 7 2014 - 12:00
How does Wales fit in to shifting United Kingdom?Opinion: Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones proposed a constitutional convention on the UK’s futureSat Nov 22 2014 - 05:59
Welcome to the precariat: a new class bornOpinion: ‘According to economist Guy Standing, this precariat is recruited from working class, migrants, ethnic minorities and the new youthful well-educated who can’t find work’Sat Nov 8 2014 - 00:01
United under a European roofWhat have been the consequences of German unification for Europe and the world?Thu Nov 6 2014 - 06:00
The United Kingdom faces a dual sovereignty problem over the next decadeOpinion: Government and peoples must choose how to deliver on promise of deeper devolution to Scotland and whether to withdraw from the EUSat Oct 25 2014 - 00:01
Europe will need migrants in the future, so why is it shutting them out?Opinion: ‘Recent moves in some EU member-states to criminalise those who help refugees make matters worse’Sat Oct 11 2014 - 00:01
Naomi Klein applauds climate change demonstration as the start of a worldwide popular resistance movementOpinion: Politics must be reinvented to cope with the pace of global warmingSat Sep 27 2014 - 00:01
Referendum is a step towards a ‘post-sovereign’ ScotlandOpinion: Scottish political scientist Michael Keating uses term ‘post-sovereign’ to describe the emergent political and social condition of life beyond the traditional nation-stateSat Sep 13 2014 - 00:01
Has Europe’s social model disappeared?Opinion: Mark Blyth calls on the ECB to provide a credit line for 80 per cent of the EU’s taxpayers to kickstart growthSun Aug 31 2014 - 12:01
US should look towards a deal with IranOpinion: ‘Grand bargain’ dismissed by Bush administration in the euphoria of the invasionSun Aug 17 2014 - 12:01
‘Thoughtful wishing’ and seeing like an anarchistOpinion: Food for thought: from Hirschman to ScottSat Aug 2 2014 - 00:01
EU must not leave Asian relations to the USOpinion: For the most part, European states have no security presence in AsiaSun Jul 20 2014 - 01:00
If you could start a new life, where would you choose?Opinion: Just 19 per cent of Irish people would choose IrelandSun Jul 6 2014 - 12:01
Turbulence in the Middle EastOpinion: US military reintervention would deepen existing divisionsSun Jun 22 2014 - 12:01
Why we need to keep track of the pivots and polesOpinion: We now have a Russian pivot to Asia in the form of a gas deal signed by Vladimir Putin on a visit to BeijingSat Jun 7 2014 - 00:01
Beware the trumpeting of triumphalist EuroscepticismOpinion: Turnout change is the key thing to watchSat May 24 2014 - 08:39
New divisions and tensions in EuropeOpinion: How can the EU become more effective?Sat May 10 2014 - 00:01
An ethical look at climate changeWorld View: Inequality is built into consumption globally as well as nationallySun Apr 27 2014 - 12:01
Inequality grows as world’s rich get much richerWorld View: Piketty warns of swing towards oligarchySat Apr 12 2014 - 12:01
Key votes on EU and Scotland will impact IrelandOutcome of two key referendums will shape future British- Irish relationsFri Apr 4 2014 - 01:05
Ukraine crisis puts it up to EuropeWorld View: Declining European military spending is a longer-standing US complaintSat Mar 29 2014 - 12:01
Energy policy shift tests Anglo-Irish relationshipWorld View: Three-month window on wind energy dealSat Mar 15 2014 - 00:01
Ukrainian upheaval will recast EuropeOpinion: Role of German, French and Polish foreign ministers was highly significantSun Mar 2 2014 - 00:01
Scottish decision will recast Irish-UK linksOpinion: A vote for independence would be a traumatic jolt for the DUP in particularSat Feb 15 2014 - 00:01
Foreign policy review a good opportunity for citizens to raise issues of concernOpinion: Ireland has been described as a first world country with a third world memorySun Jan 26 2014 - 00:01
Germany may have to choose between ‘sound money’ and the euro’s survivalOpinion: Barroso and Draghi at odds on whether the crisis can yet be said to be overSun Jan 12 2014 - 00:01
Political science should not be too distinct from public policymakingOpinion: There is an argument in favour of allowing academics to pursue their own intellectual interestsSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:01
Much regional variation in performance of European populist right partiesOpinion: Consolidation without further integration could mean a period of stagnation, some economists argueSun Dec 15 2013 - 00:01
Decisions before Scottish electorate are full of consequence for Ireland tooOpinion: The case for staying within the UK is uncannily similar to that for Britain staying in the EUSat Nov 30 2013 - 00:01
Challenge of filling hole left by EurocentrismOpinion: Emerging powers no longer accept the view that Europe’s pioneering role confers privilegeSun Nov 17 2013 - 00:01
Europe needs a pay rise to create decent living standards and boost demandOpinion: Cameron’s proposed repatriation of powers is about nullifying workers’ rightsSat Nov 2 2013 - 00:01
Israeli and Saudi leaders could lose out if Iran deprives the US of its enemyOpinion: Previous offer from Tehran was dismissed by Bush’s neoconsSun Oct 20 2013 - 00:01
Contemporary social democrats are deriving their own lessons from 1913Opinion: Events of the year concerned not just class struggle but the right to citizenshipSun Oct 6 2013 - 00:01
Imagining a shared and inter-connected futureHaass striving for an Ulster at ease with its various ‘othernesses’Sun Sep 22 2013 - 08:53
Australia getting ready to position itself somewhat closer to its Asian neighboursOpinion: Traditional alliance with US competing with geographic factorsSun Sep 8 2013 - 10:09
Media key in Egypt’s political transitionWorld View: Egypt and Turkey are similar in many respects, including having a compliant mediaSun Aug 11 2013 - 00:05
Most people in State still favour a united Ireland but don’t expect one any time soonOfficial Ireland understands negative effects of a British disengagement from the EUSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Economic crises forcing states to seek common solutions to grave threatsGreater interdependence in Asia has been a driver of increases in prosperitySun Jul 14 2013 - 01:00
EU faces challenge of connecting with new wave of protest movementsProtests reveal deep frustration with representative democracy as currently practisedSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Momentous decisions ahead for both Scotland and the United KingdomAny decision to quit EU would boost nationalist sentiment north of the borderSat Jun 15 2013 - 00:00
Apple controversy underlines need for more debate on corporate taxWorld View: The Irish policy model has served well to attract extraordinary levels of US and other investment here, but how well will it serve the next generation?Sat May 25 2013 - 02:00
The hard business of funding ‘soft science’World View: EU commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn made a strong pitch for the indispensability of the humanities in understanding issues such as climate changeSat May 11 2013 - 02:00
UK structural changes could have unexpected impact on IrelandWorld View: Britain faces dual constitutional problem concerning its internal arrangements and its relationship with rest of EUSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Arab uprisings and euro zone crisis both raise questions about role of civil societyWorld View: Established and social media have key role in organising public space in new democraciesSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00