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Issue 68 October/November 2009

25 September 2009
Europe leaves behind the era of treaty change
By Charles Grant
Europe's imbalanced response to the financial crisis
By Philip Whyte
Britain must pool defence capabilities
By Clara Marina O'Donnell
Talk of 'exit' is premature

Insight by Simon Tilford
22 September 2009

The governor of the Bank of England (BoE), Mervyn King, has had a mixed financial crisis. He assumed that financial stability flowed from monetary stability – which we now know is not the case – and was very slow to recognise the extent of the crisis.
Last chance for Lisbon: Ireland's EU referendum

Briefing note by Hugo Brady
22 September 2009

Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon on October 2nd 2009. Most opinion polls in the run-up to the vote show that a majority of Irish voters now back the EU treaty they rejected in June 2008.
The dangers of Karzai’s re-election

Insight by Tomas Valasek
10 September 2009

The final result of the Afghan election may not be known until the end of September, but it looks as if President Hamid Karzai will have done well enough to avoid a second round of voting.
How to meet the EU's 2020 renewables target

Policy brief by Stephen Tindale
01 September 2009

The EU countries have promised to get 20 per cent of their energy from renewables by 2020. The EU can meet this target but only if governments take action now to boost investment in the full range of renewable energies.
Cyprus: The costs of failure

Briefing note by David Hannay
01 September 2009

The latest round of settlement talks on the divided island of Cyprus will reach their decisive phase later this year or in early 2010.
Anglo-Saxons and hedge funds: Culprits or scapegoats?

Insight by Philip Whyte
07 August 2009

Disasters often provoke unseemly bouts of finger-pointing. This has certainly been true of the global financial crisis. In the Anglo-Saxon world, libertarians have blamed it on governments, and governments on ‘bankers’.
Issue 67 August/September 2009

31 July 2009
Iran's nuclear problem: Ever harder to fix
External author(s): Tomas Valasek
Britain and the EU: The cost of leaving
By Simon Tilford
Scotland's bid to join the EU
By Hugo Brady