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Live Blogging on the New Hampshire Primaries
2008-01-08 23:47:00 Update 00.30 GMT (Henning) Very few commentators doubt that the democratic winner of the night will be Barack Obama again. The question is the magnitude with which the Obama tidal wave hits New Hampshire and where this leaves him and his fellow Democratic democrats. Results are minutes away. In case anybody out there wants to debate ... More About: Blogging , Cain , Presidential Election 2008 , Live
Will Hillary Clinton fall?
2008-01-08 05:12:00 Photo by Stijn Vogles Today is the day of the New Hampshire primaries, which is only the second contest for the US Democratic Party. And Hillary Clinton is already leading an anxious fight for political survival. Her recent emotional outbreak on TV - calculated or not - has underlined her feeling of helplessness to prevent what ... More About: Presidential Election 2008
The Horrific unspoken Truth: Europe?s Struggle against Child Sex Abuse
2008-01-08 00:41:00 By Crispin Williams It is sad that with a new year blossoming and all the hope and promise of progress it brings, one of humanity’s most awful flaws continues to dog Europe into 2008 ? the sexual abuse of children. Although this remains a global problem, Europe has recently seen a spate of these harrowing incidents ... More About: Truth , Abuse , Child , Rope
The Challenge of Supercapitalism
2008-01-07 01:10:00 By Robert B. Reich Capitalism and democracy were supposed to be the twin ideological pillars capable of bringing unprecedented prosperity and freedom to the world. Conventional wisdom holds that where either capitalism or democracy flourishes, the other must soon follow. Yet today, the two are diverging. By almost any measure, global capitalism is triumphant. Most nations ... More About: Challenge , Robert Reich , Halle
Roland Koch and the Return of Right-Wing Populism
2008-01-06 05:29:00 Not just the US, but also some German states are preparing for elections. And the current conservative minister president of Hesse, Roland Koch, is leading a particularly nasty campaign. Reacting to some recent acts of violence committed by foreign youths, he is targeting the authoritarian reflexes of the population by calling for the tightening of ... More About: Elections , Right Wing , Return , Wing , The Return
Russia?s Ambitions and Prospects in World Politics
2008-01-05 03:45:00 Photo by Antonis Shen Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky, Professorial Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute London and also known as the biographer of John Maynard Keynes, has published a new Policy Paper addressing the vital issue of Russia ’s future position in world politics. Lord Skidelsky concludes: “The attempt to impose ‘liberal empire’ or ’sovereign democracy’ on ... More About: Politics , World , World Politics , International Relations
Barack Obama?s Speech after the Iowa Caucus
2008-01-04 21:47:00 Watch what Barack Obama had to say after his victory in Iowa … More About: Iowa Caucus
The Iowa Caucuses ? What are the Results and what do they mean?
2008-01-04 03:34:00 Update 4.30 GMT How can these results be interpreted? Apart from the big disappointments for Romney and Clinton, the way Obama has won was the revelation of the Iowa caucus. Huckabee appealed to a narrow religious constituency. Obama achieved a huge victory showing a very broad appeal in a state where more than 97% of voters ... More About: Results , Caucuses , Iowa caucuses
Time for a New American Soft Power
2008-01-02 19:05:00 By Dexter Thillien In a recent special edition of Newsweek dealing with America’s future role in the world, a few contributors argued for the need of the USA to renew its soft power and the power of its ideas, especially in the Middle East; and to prove their point, they took the examples of the role ... More About: Power , Time , American , Soft
Happy New Year 2008!
2008-01-01 23:04:00 We wish all our readers a successful and healthy New Year 2008 . The Social Europe Team More About: Happy , Happy New Year
Death of a Heroine, not a Martyr
2007-12-28 14:54:00 By Chris Dalby The world is a poorer place this day with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto . Although controversy surrounded her and with the veil of corruption never quite dispelled, Ms. Bhutto was still a highly positive face to place on such a troubled country as Pakistan . Kamila Shamsie writes eloquently in the Guardian that “despite the ... More About: Death , Martyr
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
2007-12-28 00:50:00 Pakistan is destabilised and shaken after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Remember what she stood for. The Fora.tv video below was recorded at the Council on Foreign Relations last August and shows Benazir Bhutto discussing terrorism, foreign aid, democratic reforms, and the military situation in Pakistan. More About: Terrorism , Pakistan , Remembering
New Era in Transatlantic Economic Cooperation
2007-12-27 01:03:00 By Günter Verheugen The economic partnership between the European Union and the United States is the deepest and largest bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world. Trade flows across the Atlantic are running at around ?1.7 billion a day. The EU is home to almost 70% of total outward US investment. In 2005, American ... More About: Cooperation , Economic , Ansa
Russia?s Place in World Politics in the 21st Century
2007-12-26 01:14:00 Click on the picture below to watch Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky, Professorial Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute London, analysing Russia ’s role in 21st century global policitcs. Professor Brigitte Granville from Queen Mary College, University of London, replies. The event took place in the City of London on 5th December 2007. (double click for ... More About: Politics , World , World Politics , Place
Trust in the City: The Future of London as a Global Financial Centre
2007-12-23 16:12:00 Click the picture below to watch the video of the Global Policy Institue event “Trust in the City: The Future of London as a Global Financial Centre”, which also launched the new Forumpress book “The Geo-Politics of the City” (have a look on the right in our bookshop). Speakers at this event were Dr Stephen ... More About: Business
New Social Europe Journal ? The Future of Transatlantic Relations
2007-12-21 01:10:00 Just in time before Christmas, we finished the latest issue of our Social Europe Journal focussing on the future of transatlantic relations. Our latest publication brings together contributions by Bill Clinton’s former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, EU Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, Steven Hill from the New America Foundation in Washington and the renowned historian Heinrich-August ... More About: Future , The Future
Remember the US Election Campaign of 2004?
2007-12-20 01:10:00 When I wrote the piece about Barack Obama’s approval ratings in Europe yesterday, I remembered the 2004 Bush-Kerry campaign and one of the funniest political parodies I have ever seen. Do you remember the JibJab video “This Land”? If you don’t remember or have never heard of it here it is. It’s great fun! This Land! ... More About: Campaign , Election
Festive Wish-list to bring the European Left a Happy 2008
2007-12-19 23:46:00 By Crispin Williams With the festive season upon us again and the new year soon to follow, I thought that I would get in the holiday spirit and put down my wish-list of things that I believe could bring a happy 2008 to the European left. Now, traumatic visits as a child to see Santa Claus at ... More About: List , Happy , Left
Barack Obama is the most popular Democrat on the other side of the Atlantic
2007-12-19 20:12:00 The readers poll we started a few weeks ago revealed that Barack Obama is the most popular candidate amongst Social Europe readers. Senator Obama was the first choice for 41.3% of our readers, followed by Hillary Clinton with 35.8%. John Edwards came in third with 12.1%. One might have expected solid support for Barack Obama from ... More About: Elections , Democrats , Presidential Election 2008
New Eurobarometer Poll: Citizens in Favour of EU Membership but less suppor
2007-12-19 14:05:00 A new Eurobarometer poll published on Tuesday revealed an interesting connection: trust in the EU institutions is declining while support for EU membership has been rising to its highest level in ten years. Whereas the Centre for European Policy Studies seemed to struggle to interpret the results, there are some clear-cut explanations for this. Firstly, the ... More About: Poll , Membership , Members
New Eurobarometer Poll: Citizens in Favour of EU Membership but less suppor
2007-12-19 14:05:00 A new Eurobarometer poll published on Tuesday revealed an interesting connection: trust in the EU institutions is declining while support for EU membership has been rising to its highest level in ten years. Whereas the Centre for European Policy Studies seemed to struggle to interpret the results, there are some clear-cut explanations for this. Firstly, the ... More About: Poll , Membership , Members
Anthony Giddens on the Third Way after Blair
2007-12-16 21:06:00 Watch Professor Lord Giddens explaining his understanding of the “Third Way” - the former buzzword of social democratic renewal he helped to coin - after Blair . He talks about how Gordon Brown fits into the Third Way model and why it could still be relevant today. More About: Clinton , Globalisation , Anthony , Inequality
Anthony Giddens on the Third Way after Blair
2007-12-16 21:06:00 Watch Professor Lord Giddens explaining his understanding of the “Third Way” - the former buzzword of social democratic renewal he helped to coin - after Blair . He talks about how Gordon Brown fits into the Third Way model and why it could still be relevant today. More About: Clinton , Globalisation , Anthony , Inequality
Shadow of the Dragon: The EU-Africa Summit
2007-12-12 02:58:00 By Crispin Williams Launch-pads for new eras never quite live up to the hype and this weekend’s EU-Africa summit (December 8-9) was no different. The summit was billed as a new “partnership of equals”, an attempt to turn the page on a traditional view that saw Europe as the donor to Africa’s begging bowls. But Glitzy make-over ... More About: China , Shadow , Summit , Dragon
Shadow of the Dragon: The EU-Africa Summit
2007-12-12 02:58:00 By Crispin Williams Launch-pads for new eras never quite live up to the hype and this weekend’s EU-Africa summit (December 8-9) was no different. The summit was billed as a new “partnership of equals”, an attempt to turn the page on a traditional view that saw Europe as the donor to Africa’s begging bowls. But Glitzy make-over ... More About: China , Shadow , Summit , Dragon
The Left must unite to regain the Primacy of Politics
2007-12-11 23:08:00 Watch Neal Lawson, chair of the pressure group Compass discussing the nature of the “social recession” in Britain and what sort of political response the left should pursue. He stresses that left-of-centre parties have to cooperate more on a European and global level if they want to successfully shape the world we live in. More About: Politics , Left , Globalisation , Inequality
The Left must unite to regain the Primacy of Politics
2007-12-11 23:08:00 Watch Neal Lawson, chair of the pressure group Compass discussing the nature of the “social recession” in Britain and what sort of political response the left should pursue. He stresses that left-of-centre parties have to cooperate more on a European and global level if they want to successfully shape the world we live in. More About: Politics , Left , Globalisation , Inequality
Social Democracy on YouTube
2007-12-11 00:10:00 YouTube channels have become a popular medium for political parties and increasingly also elected representatives to interact and communicate. Especially Europe’s social democratic parties have created a rich webTV media landscape. This was reason enough for us to collect the main channels and bring them together in one place. So, here is the definite guide ... More About: Social , Youtube , Internet , Democracy
Social Democracy on YouTube
2007-12-11 00:10:00 YouTube channels have become a popular medium for political parties and increasingly also elected representatives to interact and communicate. Especially Europe’s social democratic parties have created a rich webTV media landscape. This was reason enough for us to collect the main channels and bring them together in one place. So, here is the definite guide ... More About: Social , Youtube , Internet , Democracy
Europe in the Middle East
More articles from this author:2007-12-10 00:16:00 By Christopher McGuiness U.S. President George W. Bush announced Wednesday his first official visit to Israel in January as part of his new campaign to rekindle the Middle East peace process. This declaration comes on the heels of last week’s conference in Annapolis devoted to the same topic. How can history guide such negotiations? With the failures ... More About: Europe , The Middle East 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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