General Election 2015: Get Ready, Get Reading!
General Election 2015. Get Ready! Get Reading! The UK general election is fast approaching. Despite current Prime Minister…
Current Affairs
Hard Times & Harder Choices
In 2008 the world was hit with a financial crisis so devastating it can only be compared to the…
Hard Times (Part 3): Aftermath
The economic consequences of the financial downturn that started in 2008 are well familiar – they were immediately…
Hard Times (Part 2): Recession
The economic consequences of the financial downturn that started in 2008 are well familiar – they were immediately…
Hard Times (Part 1): Inequality
The economic consequences of the financial downturn that started in 2008 are well familiar – they were immediately…
‘Ukraine’s Elections Pit Old Against New’ by Andrew Wilson
Following the recent Ukrainian elections, Andrew Wilson, Ukraine-iac and author of Ukraine Crisis, sets out what the results…
‘Ukraine Election: The Contenders’ By Andrew Wilson
In the lead up to the October elections in Ukraine our author and Ukraine-expert, Andrew Wilson, will give…
Ukraine’s Fragile Ceasefire By Andrew Wilson
In the lead up to the October elections in Ukraine our author and Ukraine-expert, Andrew Wilson, will give…
‘My Week in Kiev, February 2014’ By Andrew Wilson
In February 2014, Andrew Wilson, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and author of Ukraine…
Austerity: Reading Between the Lines of the Economic Debate
In his searching new book, Austerity: the Great Failure, historian Florian Schui tackles the central economic debate that has emerged from…
Virtual Money Revolution: currency in the digital age
Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S&H Green Stamps that consumers…
Brazil by Michael Reid – an extract for World Cup 2014
The FIFA World Cup begins today, with host country Brazil playing an opening match against Croatia. To coincide with…
Hard Times: Explore the Infographic
The current economic crisis, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, has caused not just financial misery for…
Aristotle, Aquinas and Austerity.
The Reality of Economic Cuts.
Tightening one’s belt, battening down the hatches or, simply, austerity. Whatever euphemism is used, this is a process…
Ukraine 2014: A belated 1989
or another failed 2004?
Whatever their outcome, the events in Ukraine seem likely to be of greater long-term import than the ‘Orange…