World View: Trade deficits with China are not the real threatTo underestimate China’s innovatory practice is a much more serious mistakeSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
World View: Ireland too quick to dismiss Macron’s European reformsIreland’s membership of a group more cautious than Germany looks imprudentSat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
EU must come to terms with end of Anglo-American hegemonyWest no longer so dominant in world affairsSat May 26 2018 - 05:00
World View: Debate on future of Europe is only beginningBrexit and Europe are fuelling discussion in civic forums and citizens’ meetingsSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Gulf Stream slowing down is bad news for IrelandNatural history is non-linear with tipping points linked to human-induced changesSat Apr 28 2018 - 05:00
South East Asia not ready for EU-style convergenceWorld View: Colonial experiences have put premium on sovereign autonomySat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00
Liberal politics have been betrayed by liberalsIt was once assumed that their values would flourish in east and central EuropeSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Where does Ireland fit in Europe now?Worldview: Crash begot regional approaches to deeper integration of EUSat Mar 17 2018 - 05:00
Paul Gillespie: Ireland must look beyond current crisis to Brexit endgamePreparing an acceptable deal will require imaginative involvement by Irish and British governmentsSat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00
Public debate on Europe has shiftedWorld View: Leaderships accept political reality but struggle to find suitable vocabularySat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
What sort of Europe does Ireland want?World View: Citizens' dialogue is part of the process of re-examining our bond with EUSat Feb 03 2018 - 05:00
West's wealth was built up over centuries from Trump ‘sh*tholes’Worldview: US and Europe must aid Africa and S America’s rising populationsSat Jan 20 2018 - 05:00
Britain facing choice between Thatcher revolution and social democracyWorldview: Which ever way Britain goes, effects will be most keenly felt on BorderSat Jan 06 2018 - 05:00
Brexit breaks delicate interdependence between Ireland and UKIreland’s future relationship with Britain will depend on what deal UK can negotiate with EUSat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00
Paul Gillespie: All eyes on TehranIran is most stable country in Middle East region and therefore best able to project forceSat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00
Should Ireland fear a perfidious Albion?UK must give written guarantees on post-Brexit Border to restore trustSat Nov 25 2017 - 05:00
World View: Centenary of Russian revolution well worth markingWhatever about Putin’s unease, events of 1917 set the tone for the hundred years sinceSat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00
World View: Will China’s progress help human rights record?Xi’s ‘middle-income power by 2021’ will be monitored on ‘seven unmentionables’Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00
Disintegration of Britain and Spain both possibleBrexit and Catalonia challenge the European political orderSat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
Ireland needs to step up its game in the new EuropeWorld View: Emmanuel Macron has dared Europeans to think big about the bloc’s futureSat Sept 30 2017 - 05:00
World View: Welcome signs of wider and more confident EU agendaProspects for Juncker proposals rest on leaders and citizens, not EU commissionSat Sept 16 2017 - 05:00
Irexit would mean a return to British dominationBut staying in the EU means choices will have to be made on neutrality and taxationSat Sept 02 2017 - 05:00
Paul Gillespie: The west must wean itself off unsustainable growthIf everyone was to live like the average US citizen we would need five planetsSat Aug 19 2017 - 05:00
EU-style integration not only response to globalisationAsean model stands up well compared to EU supranationalist integrationSat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00
Worldview: The authoritarian-left is the sleeping giant of Irish politicsOver half of Sinn Féin voters and a third of independent voters fall into this categorySat Jul 22 2017 - 05:00
World View: Migration coverage is polarised and narrowA new study shows how reporting often reduces migrant experiences to stereotypesSat Jul 08 2017 - 05:00
Brexit will force creative thinking on status of NorthHard or soft? Complex Ireland question is the opportunity for a less binary approachSat Jun 24 2017 - 05:00
World View: All change in the multipolar worldThe US retreat from global leadership raises challenges for the EU and ChinaSat Jun 10 2017 - 05:00
Chinese plan for new Silk Road drives unease in WestPaul Gillespie: Belt and Road initiative a potential pivot of geopolitical changeSat May 27 2017 - 05:00
Germany must meet Macron’s demands or see Le Pen win next timeChance to revive constructive politics at European level and confront populistsSat May 13 2017 - 05:00
Culture unites more than divides Europe and MediterraneanPaul Gillespie: Survey explores negative stereotyping by populist movementsSat Apr 29 2017 - 05:00
Trump performs U-turns but has not changedPaul Gillespie: US president remains an opportunistic populist despite policy shiftsThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Brexit offers Ireland opportunities as well as threatsWorldview: Strengths and weaknesses of Irish economy and political system will be crystalisedSat Apr 01 2017 - 08:52
Political Change in Ireland: Critical thinking, dynamic writingDynamics of Political Change in Ireland review: This authoritative collection tells a cautionary taleSat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Sinn Féin can no longer claim ownership of Irish unityThe Belfast Agreement has been disrupted by Brexit and Conservative party behaviourSat Mar 18 2017 - 06:58
World View: Brexit may force re-evaluation of Irish unityThe return of a hard Border would have a devastating impact North and SouthSat Mar 04 2017 - 05:00
Worldview: Threat of Trump must not be underestimatedNew US administration is determined to use its power to fight for what it believes inSat Feb 18 2017 - 05:00
World View: Media must join resistance to hate speechWith populism on the rise and social-media platforms enabling incendiary comment, restoring media ethics of accuracy and impartiality is more important than everSat Feb 04 2017 - 05:00
World View: the rising tide of illiberalismUniversal values along with social solidarities may offer bulwark to TrumpSat Jan 21 2017 - 05:00
World View: It makes sense to stick closer to Brussels than London on BrexitWe should eschew a bilateral agreement with the UK for the time beingSat Jan 07 2017 - 05:00
Obama’s biggest failure was not securing a Democratic successorGreatest material legacy may be his rescue of US capitalism from the 2008 recessionSat Dec 24 2016 - 05:00
World View: Low-tax model at heart of public discontentNeoliberal path puts us at risk of going in the same direction as UK and USSat Dec 10 2016 - 05:00
Paul Gillespie: European attitudes towards Brexit are hardeningGrowing realisation that the fundamental principles underlying the EU are at riskSat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00
World View: Election result challenges everything the US stands forDonald Trump’s foreign policy priorities will change the international orderSat Nov 12 2016 - 05:00
World View: Healing divisions in the MediterraneanNegative media images of Arab world and north Africa must be counteractedSat Oct 29 2016 - 05:00
World View: Aleppo highlights EU foreign policy failureBig states see EU as just another multilateral forum to pursue national goalsSat Oct 15 2016 - 05:00
World View: Voter turnout key to deciding US presidential raceDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns rely on mobilising core supportersSat Oct 01 2016 - 01:00
Review: Unequal Europe: Social Divisions and Social Cohesion in an Old ContinentJames Wickham’s analysis of the EU’s response to economic crisis since 2008 concludes that ‘only a social Europe can rescue Europe’ from neoliberal ideologySat Sept 17 2016 - 02:00
World View: Belgium offers a way out of the Brexit impasseNorthern Ireland, Scotland and Wales could all have separate relationships with the EU similar to Flanders and WalloniaSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Tax avoidance by multinationals contributes to inequality and is in political firing lineWorldview: Response to Apple tax claim must reflect the changing global moodSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
