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Correlli Barnett, the distinguished military historian, contrasts the success of the Allied military government in Germany in 1945-6 with the relative failure of the Coalition in Iraq in 2003-4.
The creation of an EU Foreign Minister is one of the most innovative proposals of Europe’s proposed new constitution; yet there is still very little understanding of what the position woiuld entail and what challenges ...
This Policy Brief reviews a recent plea from the European Parliament for a stronger voice in the constitutional arrangements for EU foreign and security policy. In the wake of the referendum results in France and ...
The case for India’s permanent seat in the Security Council is as compelling as it is simple. India is the world’s largest democracy, soon to be the world’s most populous country, and home to over ...
Following the Iraq war of 2003 Kofi Annan identified a stark choice for the UN: effectiveness or irrelevance. Dr Imber argues that the High Level Panel Report of 2004 and the follow-up In Larger Freedom ...
The UN Charter commits its signatories to promoting basic principles of human rights and to saving people from the scourge of war. At a time of unprecedented examination of how to improve the working of ...
The UK Government has made the case for a rapid shift to renewable energy from a number of perspectives: national security, economic prosperity and protection of the global environment. Yet its targets in this area ...
At this decisive moment in the development of both the European Uion and the democratic left, European politics must not be allowed to become a competitive struggle between different national approaches. This pamphlet argues that ...
There is a new political contest about the relationship between the European Union and its ‘national’ components, and how they all should deal with ‘outsiders’. The prospect of Turkey’s entry to the European Union has ...
This FPC publication explores political change in Russia. It is now available for purchase and will be launched at the FPC’s Fringe Event at the Labour Party Conference. Utilising each author’s expertise, this pamphlet compiles ...