Global Thinking Review – Winter 2001
GEORGE ORWELL: ORWELL AND POLITICS (Penguin Classics, 2001, pb, £7.99, ISBN- 0-141-18518-X) Since his premature death from tuberculosis nearly fifty years ago, George Orwell has become an archetype, a universal…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
The views expressed in the articles are those of each respective author and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of the Foreign Policy Centre.
A Single Market for Governance?
3 million British people will this year clamber on a cross-channel ferry and take boxes upon boxes of wine, beer and cigarettes back to England’s leafy suburbs. It stands to…
Can Companies Be Good Global Citizens?
The cynics among you – if there are any such people at a party political conference – would expect me to say "yes". And so, I hope, would those of…
Speech by the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness
Thank you Mark for the opportunity to speak to you today. Let me start by paying tribute to the Foreign Policy Centre for organising today's event. It is good to…
Is K&R Coverage a Risky Business?
Introduction The kidnap and ransom (K&R) insurance industry has long been regarded with scepticism in policy circles. In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher went so far as to instigate an investigation…
The Future of International Development
The background Over the last decade attitudes towards development have changed significantly. The short-term ‘aid for commercial gain’ thinking of the past has been replaced by a much greater focus…
Webb Essay Competition 2002 – Third Prize
OF GNOMES AND BRITONS (or: WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE EUROPEAN UNION?) by Fabien Curto Millet – “A dark laughter rises from one of the Commission’s glass towers in…
Webb Essay Competition 2002 – Second Prize
Why Are We Afraid of the European Union ? Timisoara is a beautiful town in the western part of Romania. It is considered as one of the cities with the…
Yes to Europe – because life’s better there
Tony Blair's scathing attack on the failures of successive governments to take advantage of Europe's opportunities was a welcome attempt to stoke up the european debate. But it also showed…
The Unlikely Counter Terrorists
The Unlikely Counter-Terrorists Rachel Briggs Introduction Counter-terrorism is currently the preserve of the state. Traditionally the main target for terrorists, the government and its agencies lead the UK's fight against…