Articles

03.07.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

A useful saying, I find, is “be careful what you wish for”. The consequences may not all be what you expected or thought of. In the next few years, this...

28.06.10 Publication: The Times

It took an Irishman, George Bernard Shaw, to point out that Britain and America were two nations “divided by a common language”. It has taken a summit of...

14.06.10 Publication: The Times

Try looking at the heel of Italy, where you can find a refreshing combination of old values and capitalismPolitical labels such as left and right, we told...

31.05.10 Publication: The Times

The world is anxious about the Kim regime but greater disasters lie ahead if its superpower neighbour fails to actTry this quiz. You lead a rising economic...

20.05.10 Publication: The Times

Solving the eurozone crisis will take more liberalisation than Germany wants to swallow Panic is not a word normally associated either with Germany or...

17.05.10 Publication: The Times

Thwacking bankers may be a crowd-pleaser but will not help Osborne to revive the economy or shrink the deficitBritain spent so long in pre-election mode that...

09.05.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

Britain’s electoral system has been widely envied for its ability to produce decisive outcomes and stable governments. But on May 6th our “first past the...

30.04.10 Publication: The Times

Kick Greece out of the euro to warn other reprobates that they face swallowing the same humiliating medicineIt wasn’t very nice to liken the Greek debt...

27.04.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

The British have long been suspicious of the idea of coalition governments, believing them to be a dangerously unstable continental idea. Despite the fact...

19.04.10 Publication: The Times

Bureaucratic controls will only deny Britain the benefits it has reaped from foreign workers over the yearsBeing stuck in New York, waiting for the Icelandic...

05.04.10 Publication: The Times

First they seemed at loggerheads, now Beijing and Washington appear keen to cosy up. There’s a deal to be doneIn international affairs, perceptions are...

01.04.10 Publication: The Guardian

Business endorsement for their NI cut is handy, but will not solve the Tories´ credibility gap with voters over ´efficiency savings´ No one...

29.03.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

Having fought two wars together in the past nine years, neither of which yielded great honour or achievements, it may be natural for America and Britain to sit...

22.03.10 Publication: The Times

If Italian voters put in the boot, the Prime Minister’s coalition partners can seize the chance to bring him downYou will, of course, be astonished to learn...

08.03.10 Publication: The Times

Political uncertainty is holding back sterling. But it’s a sure thing that the eurozone has a rough time aheadThe time to be greedy, the Sage of Omaha says,...

03.03.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

Is Britain in the midst of an economic crisis? We British have been asking ourselves that question ever since the global credit crunch began in mid-2007, and...

22.02.10 Publication: The Times

A sledgehammer approach to sanctions will not kill President Ahmadinejad’s nuclear ambitions and might bolster his powerIf you had to list the foreign-policy...

08.02.10 Publication: The Times

Beijing’s belligerence is a diversionary tactic. There’s nothing like nationalist outrage to sweeten unpopular economic reformEuropeans bemoaning the loss...

04.02.10 Publication: Corriere della Sera

We are well accustomed to being rather bewildered by Chinese official statements. Although they have become more sophisticated in the past decade, very often...

01.02.10 Publication: Voice

The great global recession of 2007-2009 has been a shocking and disturbing experience for people all over the world, especially the many who had become...

25.01.10 Publication: The Times

Its economy is set to lose its No 2 position to China, but after years of stagnation Japan seems ready to shake itself upWhen a car full of boy-racers...

04.01.10 Publication: The Times

Commentary on Britain and its economic prospects has come to resemble tabloid reporting on England´s World Cup prospects. One minute, generally after...

20.12.09 Publication: Corriere della Sera

The agreement that closed the Copenhagen climate conference will disappoint anyone who dreamed that this summit of more than 190 countries would come up with a...

07.12.09 Publication: Corriere della Sera

The Copenhagen conference on climate change, which opens next Monday, December 7th, is going to be difficult to evaluate—perhaps as difficult as is climate...