A Four-Way Marginal?
Entering the final week before the first round of the French presidential contest, focus is firmly on the recent bunching of the candidates in the polls — to the extent that the race is now being fairly described as a ‘four-way marginal’. The far-left candidate,...
Currency Wars aren’t the problem – protectionism is
Since the financial crisis almost ten years ago, there have been several examples of significant currency depreciations among large developed economies. Such large currency moves invariably took place against a background of weak global growth. Inevitably accusations...
Why Donald Trump launched his air strike on Assad in Syria
Read Article This article was featured in the New Statesman Barack Obama made a virtue of his decision not to follow the “Washington playbook” on Syria. His successor had an opportunity to distinguish himself. Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has clung on to power...
The Gibraltar row shows “the balance of power” is back in European affairs
Read Article This article was featured in the New Statesman The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.” So said Barack Obama to Mitt Romney during the 2012 race for the US presidency when Romney suggested that Russia was America’s “number-one...
