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 Sep 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 Sep 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 1 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 4 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 6 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 9 2009 - 01:00
Parallels of accession states and IrelandWORLD VIEW: ‘IT HAPPENED here in IrelandSat May 2 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 4 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 7 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 7 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 6 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 8 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 4 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 Sep 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 5 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 9 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 2 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 8 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 Sep 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 4 2007 - 01:00