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- The next head of the World Bank - 05/03/2012The World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an...
- States or citizens – the flag reveals all - 29/12/2011I wrote on this blog recently of the United Nations as having the weakness that it represents only states and not peoples. Here is an example of the consequences of...
- Is the time right for a new world order? - 19/12/2011The answer to the question in the title of this talk is of course, yes, the time is right, but I think you would like to hear a little more...
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- The end of the coalition - 14/05/2012The results of the voting that took place on 3 May surely spell the beginning of the end for Britain’s coalition government. (Read about the election results here.) I am...
- The case against Rupert Murdoch - 02/05/2012Passing judgement on Rupert Murdoch appears to be today’s fashion, and this blog is not one to shirk a challenge. His dislike of the EU is well-known, as are the...
- The House of Lords is a mess - 01/05/2012The House of Lords is a mess. It brings together in one place party political nominees (often former MPs), acknowledged experts on particular issues, descendants of drinking buddies of long-deceased...
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The next head of the World Bank
Posted on 05/03/2012 | No CommentsThe World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an American (the Europeans have the IMF) but, as a surf of this website will reveal,... -
States or citizens – the flag reveals all
Posted on 29/12/2011 | No CommentsI wrote on this blog recently of the United Nations as having the weakness that it represents only states and not peoples. Here is an example of the consequences of that weakness. The picture above right shows the UN flag outside the United Nations headquarters... -
Is the time right for a new world order?
Posted on 19/12/2011 | No CommentsThe answer to the question in the title of this talk is of course, yes, the time is right, but I think you would like to hear a little more from me than that. I am here as chair of Federal Union which was founded... -
The case for global democracy
Posted on 12/12/2011 | No CommentsBased on a talk by Richard Laming at the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Cathedral, 11 December 2011 Before talking about the issue of global democracy, I ought to say a few words about Federal Union and its interest in this issue. Federal Union was founded... -
No globalisation without representation
Posted on 22/11/2011 | No CommentsThat the protestors outside St Paul’s cathedral are critical of global capitalism should not be surprise. Doesn’t everybody object to the way in which what was effectively gambling in unregulated markets nearly brought down the financial system and has ground economic growth to a halt?... -
Responsibility to Protect: a liberal approach?
Posted on 15/11/2011 | No CommentsBy Jonathan Fryer Introduction Ever since the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, which ended Europe’s Thirty Years War, the concept of the nation state and the principle of national sovereignty have together been central to international relations. Although first applied to a limited number of... -
Introducing the World Federalist Movement (26 September 2011)
Posted on 07/09/2011 | No Comments26 September · 18:30 – 21:00 Upstairs at The Cheshire Cheese (NOT Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet St) 5, Little Essex Street Temple London WC2R 3LD – map here Einstein was right about the Theory of Relativity. Was he right about the need for... -
A communitarian approach is the only way to save us from climate change
Posted on 29/11/2010 | No CommentsThe expectations about the outcome of the COP16 in Cancun are low, writes Joan Marc Simon. A sad prospect if we think Climate Change is the biggest threat to our future and we have very little time to solve it. A change of approach is... -
David Frum: EU seat on the UN Security Council
Posted on 15/10/2010 | 1 Comment“One logical answer to the EU bloc voting problem is to transform France’s permanent seat on the Security Council into an EU seat. That would appropriately recognize the EU’s power and importance: Only permanent members of the Security Council have a veto, after all.” From... -
UN must change
Posted on 24/09/2010 | No CommentsLetter published in The Times, 24 September 2010 Sir, If the ability of the United Nations to deliver results is held back by the self-interest of its member states (letter, Sept 21), we need to find ways of getting round it. One useful innovation would...
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