The European Union at 30 – an extract from ‘Circle of Stars’
November 1st 2023 marks the 30th anniversary since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union. This extract from…
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How do we fix climate change? – An extract from Ben Barber’s Cool Cities
The climate change debate is at the top of the news agenda and is proving controversial among nations. Ben Barber, founder of The Global…
Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice – A Review by Lyric Hughes Hale
With the EU referendum imminent the UK’s attention is firmly focused on Brexit – however Grexit still remains a very serious possibility. In a…
The Euro as a Unifier? An Extract from ‘Europe Isn’t Working’
‘The euro’s architects were building on shaky ground, to say the least’ British journalists Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson are the authors of the newly…
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 Revolution’ in 2004. Ukrainians themselves are…
New and recent current affairs titles from Yale University Press
The challenges facing the world are multiplex; the global financial crisis, costly and exhausting conflicts, and cracks appearing in the fabric of the gigantic…