World View: Sluggish climate progress justifies grass roots action2019 witnessed radicalisation of global movements tackling green crisisSat Jan 04 2020 - 01:00
No Catalan moment for Scotland in the short termSturgeon argues that Scottish views on Brexit have been disregarded in Brussels negotiationsSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
Ireland must rethink strategies in a new geopolitical eraWorld View: Irish policy has to think its way into a sphere of weaponised soft powerSat Dec 07 2019 - 06:00
The Arab Spring 2.0 is blooming amid youth frustrationWorld View: Protest movements require more truthful online media to succeed fullySat Nov 23 2019 - 06:00
World View: Welsh are finding it harder to make the case for the UnionSome 40 per cent of Welsh voters are now ‘indy-curious’, according to a YouGov pollSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
Imaginative thinking required to keep UK in European houseA more generous vision of the EU could be more to the UK’s liking – and Ireland’sSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00
World View: Extinction Rebellion’s lure is clarity and methodApocalyptic imagery, situationist mockery and disruption are very potent toolsSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Brexit will reward international investors, not ordinary Leave votersWorld View: Divergence from EU rules would lead to fewer protections for workersSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Ireland can transform a Brexit crisis into a breakthroughWorld View: Two studies are under way to plan for potential changes from UK’s exitSat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00
Hard Brexiteers simply don’t know their Irish historyIreland's refusal of Anglo-Irish bilateralism and preference for European solidarity perplexes themSat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00
Why shouldn’t China assert itself globally?West will have to get used to rest of the world having the same ambitions as itSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Europe should not blindly follow the US on ChinaWorld View: EU must judge if its interests are aligned with those of US, Japan and IndiaSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Global and local balance of power will shift after a hard BrexitShift from softer to harder power is not good news for smaller statesSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
World View: Brexit is about disintegration of UK not Irish unityRepublic must be more aware of potential constitutional implications of BrexitSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
World View: Turkey’s hopes hang on Ekrem ImamogluRerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election poses threat to Erdogan authoritySat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
World View: Brexit is Trump’s battering ram against EU regulatory powerIreland may be caught in the middle of a trade war between US and EuropeSat Jun 08 2019 - 02:00
World View: Where does EU end and local government start?An intimate entanglement links domestic and international levels of authoritySat May 25 2019 - 02:00
World View: Climate breakdown may pave way for ecosocialismHow compatible with human survival is growth based on capitalist economics?Sat May 11 2019 - 02:00
World View: Bleak vista for democratic uprisings in Algeria and SudanMilitary regimes will sit out crisis and exploit flaws in populist movementsSat Apr 27 2019 - 02:00
World View: EU and China must counter US reassertion of primacyLi Keqiang’s meeting with EU officials is step towards balanced, mature relationsSat Apr 13 2019 - 02:00
Surveillance capitalism: Why we must take back control of our dataWorld View: Big tech companies are observing our behaviour and profiting from itSat Mar 30 2019 - 02:00
The relationship between Ireland and Britain will never be the same againBrexit, Bloody Sunday prosecutions and the backstop have cut deepSat Mar 16 2019 - 02:00
World View: Will Brexit be UK’s constitutional moment?Loss of EU regulatory glue helping hold UK together may lead to its disintegrationSat Mar 02 2019 - 02:00
Could an Irish Border poll help resolve Brexit impasse?World View: UK’s dual sovereignty crisis could bring question of Irish unity to a headSun Feb 17 2019 - 05:00
Mediterranean youth running out of patience with eldersImmobile and gerontocratic political regimes are not delivering on promisesSat Feb 02 2019 - 02:00
World View: US divided on how to respond to the rise of ChinaWe are living through the end of the American world orderSat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
Ireland and Britain face their respective Brexit trilemmasWorld View: May’s current impasse is due to a failure to choose from three optionsSat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
Post-Brexit Britain may not want to pay for Northern IrelandEnglish voters overwhelmingly want their money spent in England, not in the NorthSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
World View: EU needs to rethink its attitude to AfricaInvestment and trade have replaced aid as key elements of EU-Africa relationsSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Why we should be concerned about Germany’s political situationWorld View: German direction following the Merkel era will impact on all EuropeansSat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00
Neutrality and military alliance left out of presidential debateWorld View: Higgins has advocated need to discuss European defence and securitySat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
Climate is not just changing – it is breaking downDanger and destruction of global warming must trigger real modification of behaviourSat Oct 13 2018 - 05:00
Why the next economic crisis will be much harder to fixChina under Xi Jinping and the US under Trump will play different roles than in 2008Sat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
UK constitutional crisis looms if Brexit talks founderWorld View: Political instability makes fudge most plausible immediate outcomeSat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00
Tomatoes make the world go roundWorld View: This cultivated fruit raises regulatory and ethical practice issuesSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Turkey has become a major player in the new world orderWorld View: US and Europe must take care with Ankara if they want to retain influenceSat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00
World View: Islamophobia is a clear and present dangerPaul Gillespie: Linking Islamophobia and anti-Semitism is commonplace in analysisSat Aug 04 2018 - 05:00
World View: What are tenets of Donald Trump’s doctrine?Paul Gillespie: Patterns have emerged in US president’s apparently chaotic decisionsSat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Europe must change its attitude to Africa to address migrant crisisEU summit’s fragile compromise on migration will not tackle longer-term issuesSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
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
