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Latest Articles in 'World'
- 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...
- The case for global democracy - 12/12/2011The Occupy London protest (picture Richard Symonds) Based on a talk by Richard Laming at the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Cathedral, 11 December 2011 Before talking about the issue of...
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- The lady in the lake - 03/02/2012Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of...
- Incident on the A598 - 25/01/2012This is the story of an accident. It wasn’t a bad one, but it could have been, and it set me thinking. I was pushing my daughter in her buggy...
- The Republican opponents of Barack Obama - 13/01/2012The presidential primaries are finally underway in the United States, with candidates competing for the right to be the Republican challenger to Barack Obama in November. (Obama is unopposed as...
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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 CommentsThe Occupy London protest (picture Richard Symonds) Based 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... -
The End of the West: The once and future Europe (29 November 2011)
Posted on 02/11/2011 | No CommentsPanel Discussion jointly hosted by the British Academy and Princeton University Press Tuesday 29 November 2011 6.30pm – 8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 The panel will look at how Europe should respond to the dramatic changes... -
Moral right
Posted on 18/04/2011 | No CommentsFormer head of the army, Lord Dannatt, says to the BBC that: “If we thought that Gaddafi had lost the moral right to rule this country a month ago, he has lost it in the last 24 hours, that’s for sure.” But when did Colonel... -
Time travel: the limits of parliamentary democracy
Posted on 25/02/2011 | 10 CommentsA forthcoming proposal to change the time zone raises an interesting question about how our parliamentary democracy represents the diverse interests of this country. Putting the clocks forward by one hour will be suggested as part of a government tourism strategy to create more jobs... -
Cameron in Kuwait: a breath of fresh air
Posted on 23/02/2011 | No CommentsBy the standards of Tony Blair’s speeches on the battle for democracy in the Middle East, David Cameron’s speech to the Kuwait National Assembly on Tuesday was a welcome breath of fresh air. Not for him the grand pronouncements and the Manichaean vision; instead, there... -
Democracy in Egypt: how long is the long run?
Posted on 03/02/2011 | No CommentsThe current turmoil in Egypt could end in any number of ways. Perhaps there will be moves in the direction of democracy, to make Egypt look a bit more like Turkey. Perhaps there will be a reshuffle of the politicians but no real change in... -
Cosmopolitan democracy and federalism
Posted on 17/01/2011 | 1 CommentAn important paper by Guido Montani, presented to the Third Annual European Seminar on the Future of the European Union in Ventotene, 28-29 August 2010. The purpose of this paper is to overcome the theoretical gap which exists between the theorists of cosmopolitan democracy and... -
Patriotic sentiments
Posted on 26/10/2010 | No CommentsThe collision between national sovereignty and democracy got another illustration today, this time courtesy of the justice minister of India. Arundhati Roy, the novelist, faces the prospect of prosecution for having declared that Kashmir was not an integral of India. The status of Kashmir is... -
Superstate or power-sharing?
Posted on 18/08/2010 | No CommentsFederalism is the political philosophy of the dispersal of power. It proposes the division of political power between levels and institutions of government to achieve the best combination of democracy and effectiveness. Since 1938, Federal Union has campaigned for federalism for the UK, Europe and...
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