World View: Ireland’s link with colonisation merits focusEmpire is seen as something visited upon us whereas we actually played an active roleSat Feb 12 2022 - 04:00
Europe must be part of the solution to the mounting Ukraine crisisNeutral, decentralised national model could draw on ideas from the Belfast AgreementSat Jan 15 2022 - 02:00
Will gradual reform be enough to combat climate change?Radical thinkers look to targeted sabotage of paraphernalia of the rich to mitigate crisisSat Dec 18 2021 - 02:00
Ireland badly needs fresh thinking on its place in EuropeConference highlights need to address wider issues obscured by preoccupation with BrexitSat Nov 20 2021 - 02:00
Brexit reawakens the sleeping dogs of competing sovereign claimsIs the hard Brexit policy of Britain in the name of sovereignty a more powerful driver of constitutional change than SF nationalism?Sat Oct 23 2021 - 02:00
Australia’s pact with the UK and US worries its neighboursWorld View: Asean countries fear cold war with China will destabilise regionSat Oct 09 2021 - 02:00
What people in the Republic actually think about Irish unificationPreference for five- to 10-year timeframe for a vote on a clear model for unityThu Sept 23 2021 - 00:15
Afghanistan exit and Taliban triumph pose profound questions for EuropeWorld View: Crisis is seen as ‘a disaster with unforeseeable consequences for the West’Sat Aug 28 2021 - 02:00
EU response on NI protocol will depend on UK’s true intentionsPaul Gillespie: Bloc's role as guarantor of Belfast Agreement is now explicitSat Jul 31 2021 - 01:00
Ireland's role on UN Security Council deserves more attention than it getsPolitical access and diplomatic agility will be most called for when State hosts council in SeptemberSat Jul 03 2021 - 00:08
World View: Is competitive tax system worth social dysfunction?Pressure for better public services may prompt radical change in leviesSat Jun 05 2021 - 01:00
State and Nation in the United Kingdom: The Fractured Union – Losing controlMichael Keating argues persuasively that EU membership helped glue the union togetherFri May 14 2021 - 06:00
Trust between Ireland and UK is in short supplyWorld View: But where trust is diminished institutions can compensateSat May 08 2021 - 01:00
Biden’s international tax objectives call for rethink in IrelandDirection of US president’s foreign policy puts State’s relations with EU, UK and US in questionSat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00
Imperial inheritance still dominates international relationsPaul Gillespie: ASEAN nations seek to protect their consensual, informal and respectful diplomacySat Mar 13 2021 - 01:00
US must choose between cold war or coexistence with ChinaWorld View: European states and most US allies in Asia would be more open to engagement with China than Biden would likeSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:01
UK will learn that size matters when it comes to sovereigntyWorld View: Large states in Europe do not recognise how small they are aloneSat Jan 16 2021 - 02:00
Beethoven can give us tools to criticise late capitalismWorld View: Composer’s values can help us to act to change a dissociated worldSat Dec 19 2020 - 02:00
How to hold a referendum on Irish unityPlan must be agreed before any decision made to call referendums in North and RepublicFri Nov 27 2020 - 00:24
Europe should think before renewing the transatlantic alliance with BidenMacron’s vision of a more activist and autonomous Europe is worthy of considerationSat Nov 21 2020 - 02:00
World View: Scottish momentum evidences need for new thinkingScottish independence and Irish unity linked politically by common problemsSat Oct 24 2020 - 02:00
Covid-19 and global warming are symptoms of rapacious capitalismWe are over time on shifting to an economic system that is not only sustainable, but fairSat Sept 26 2020 - 02:00
World View: Ireland is weaker due to Hogan’s departureHe was at the centre of talks between EU, UK and US as an advocate of our interests and concernsSat Aug 29 2020 - 02:00
World View: Trump playing Black Lives Matter and ChinaUS president ‘others’ factions as enemies of state as policy trick for his re-electionSat Aug 01 2020 - 02:00
World View: Ireland weaponised by London in Brexit talksBattles over food, mobility and residence turn international at Border and in seaSat Jul 04 2020 - 01:00
Europe must tread carefully as US-China links deteriorateWorld View: Stronger EU foreign policy needs to match trade and investment ambitionsSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
Why contrasting ideas on sovereignty are feeding distrust between EU and UKWorld View: More resilient legal means are now needed to overcome distrust thrown up by BrexitSat May 09 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus exposes inequality and shows how it can be tackledCan the crisis create a more fair world, or will imbalance of power grow?Sat Apr 25 2020 - 05:00
World View: Geopolitical results of coronavirus will take years to manifestCovid-19 effects on international order overlap with disruption of globalisationSat Apr 11 2020 - 05:00
‘Coronabonds’ row could endanger the European projectDeep solidarity, including a common debt instrument, is needed if euro zone is to surviveSat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus crisis has been exacerbated by rise in authoritarianism and nationalismWhen multilateral action is needed, xenophobia and self-interest is driving the responseSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Brexit impact on Northern Ireland not as big as we thinkWorld View: Brexit toxic for unionists if it reinforces the North's divergence from the EUSat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus crisis underlines Europe’s reliance on ChinaWorld View: The outbreak and its effects dramatise the rise of connectivitySat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
Health and housing crises could be tackled through better local governmentWorld View: Many services can be better delivered locally rather than nationallySat Feb 01 2020 - 09:04
Phil Hogan’s task deepens as trade becomes politicsCommerce shapes EU’s global agenda with Brexit, US, China and Japan as key playersSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
World View: Sluggish climate progress justifies grass roots action2019 witnessed radicalisation of global movements tackling green crisisSat Jan 04 2020 - 01:00
No Catalan moment for Scotland in the short termSturgeon argues that Scottish views on Brexit have been disregarded in Brussels negotiationsSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
Ireland must rethink strategies in a new geopolitical eraWorld View: Irish policy has to think its way into a sphere of weaponised soft powerSat Dec 07 2019 - 06:00
The Arab Spring 2.0 is blooming amid youth frustrationWorld View: Protest movements require more truthful online media to succeed fullySat Nov 23 2019 - 06:00
World View: Welsh are finding it harder to make the case for the UnionSome 40 per cent of Welsh voters are now ‘indy-curious’, according to a YouGov pollSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
Imaginative thinking required to keep UK in European houseA more generous vision of the EU could be more to the UK’s liking – and Ireland’sSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00
World View: Extinction Rebellion’s lure is clarity and methodApocalyptic imagery, situationist mockery and disruption are very potent toolsSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Brexit will reward international investors, not ordinary Leave votersWorld View: Divergence from EU rules would lead to fewer protections for workersSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Ireland can transform a Brexit crisis into a breakthroughWorld View: Two studies are under way to plan for potential changes from UK’s exitSat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00
Hard Brexiteers simply don’t know their Irish historyIreland's refusal of Anglo-Irish bilateralism and preference for European solidarity perplexes themSat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00
Why shouldn’t China assert itself globally?West will have to get used to rest of the world having the same ambitions as itSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Europe should not blindly follow the US on ChinaWorld View: EU must judge if its interests are aligned with those of US, Japan and IndiaSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Global and local balance of power will shift after a hard BrexitShift from softer to harder power is not good news for smaller statesSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
World View: Brexit is about disintegration of UK not Irish unityRepublic must be more aware of potential constitutional implications of BrexitSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
World View: Turkey’s hopes hang on Ekrem ImamogluRerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election poses threat to Erdogan authoritySat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
