The Ukraine and Argentina have been in my mind over the past few days. Both have a common linkage – the power of people. In the Ukraine we have seen a massive up-swell of opinion against intentions to align the country with a new Russian-led Eurasian Union as opposed to […]
The news is understandably full of the continuing saga of the ‘Euro Crisis’, focusing on Greece and whether or not we face a ‘Grexit’ (isn’t it amusing how these new words appear in times of crisis) and more economic contagion. This is an important debate, but we must not see […]
The Press and the blogsphere have been full of talk of the financial markets over-ruling democracy. Now we’re talking about over-ruling democracy in Europe of all places – and most would see Europe as the global champion of human rights. Some see that is a negative step, for example, Skelton[1]. […]
It was interesting to read of Prime Minister Putin’s aspiration of creating a Eurasian economic zone whilst I was drinking a cup of coffee yesterday[1]. Founder members of this new ‘Eurasian Union’ are Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and membership could extend to include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan too. So we have […]