Can Brussels Earn the Right to Act?
Abraham Lincoln famously described democracy as “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. The popular perception of the EU is that it fails on all counts. When…
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.
Corporate Security After September 11th
The image of a silhouetted second plane flying into the south tower of the World Trade Center will haunt our collective memory for years to come. In the aftermath of…
Africans on Africa
MANUEL DE ARAUJO, President of the Mozambican Association There is no Western solution or blueprint that will solve African problems, and, unless both Africans and the West realize that, all…
The Rise of Bin Laden
HALLIDAY: There's been all sorts of speculation in the Middle East and outside about why a new kind of radical Islam is spreading; a conservative Sunni version often described as…
Speech by Jack Straw at the Third Anniversary of The Foreign Policy Centre
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this morning. Congratulations to the Foreign Policy Centre on your third anniversary. And congratulations on marking…
The Post Modern State
In 1989 the political systems of three centuries came to an end in Europe: the balance-of-power and the imperial urge. That year marked not just the end of the Cold…
McNamara’s Ghosts
It is not uncommon for people to spend the long days of retirement trying to reverse the achievements of their working lives. Think of Alfred Nobel, Robert Oppenheimer, even the…
Lessons of Le Pen
The success of Le Pen was greeted in Britain as a seismic political event. The Times produced a four-page pull out special, normally an honour reserved for Royal Weddings and…
Democratising the EU
The theme of the debate, Democracy and the EU, can be interpreted in three ways. The EU as a safeguard for democracy. Democracy in the EU, and democracy in member…
Launch of “From War to Work: Drug Treatment, Social Inclusion and Enterprise”
Launch of “From War to Work” by Rowena Young in association with Globalegacy Monday 20th May 2002, 10.00am-12.00pm at the Design Council On Monday, 20th May The Foreign Policy Centre…