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Category Archives: Foreign Policy and Defence
Mar 15 2013
Building effective tax collection authorities as part of a professional public administration is crucial for transforming developing countries
2 CommentsTweet Seb Bytyci argues that the ability to raise taxes is essential for transforming developing countries. Increased revenue from taxation and effective tax-collection would free developing countries from aid dependence. Evidence also suggests a correlation between direct taxation and higher life expectancy. If rich countries wish to … Continue reading
Posted by: March 15, 2013
Tagged with: development, foreign aid, taxation
Nov 19 2012
The UK will gain very little from blocking a deal on the EU budget
1 CommentTweet On the 22nd and 23rd of November, the European Council will meet to discuss the next seven years (2014-2020) of the EU budget. While this process is typically prolonged and divisive, the upcoming negotiations are expected to be particularly problematic due … Continue reading
Posted by: November 19, 2012
Tagged with: EU budget, European Union, Herman Van Rompuy
Oct 19 2012
Life went on as usual during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Leave a commentTweet The Cuban missile crisis began fifty years ago this week. For thirteen days the world stood on the precipice of nuclear war. In this post Professor Wyn Grant reflects on the experience of living through the crisis and confronting … Continue reading
Posted by: October 19, 2012
Tagged with: cold war, Cuban missile crisis, Wyn Grant
Oct 3 2012
Media coverage of the European Union is key to understanding eurosceptic attitudes within the UK
Leave a commentTweet Support for the European Union within the UK has traditionally been lower than in other European countries. Benjamin Hawkins assesses the role of the media in influencing public opinion, arguing that there has been a consistent eurosceptic discourse within … Continue reading
Posted by: October 3, 2012
Tagged with: euroscepticism
Aug 3 2012
Being an expert in the age of uncertainty: Climate scientists should not be afraid of expressing assessments of both best and worse case climate change risks
Leave a commentTweet Arthur Petersen argues that climate scientists need to better convey uncertainties so that policy-makers and the public can more readily grasp the full range of potential impacts of climate change. The scientists who have been charged with writing the next assessment report … Continue reading
Posted by: August 3, 2012
Tagged with: climate policy, climate science, IPCC
Jul 23 2012
Euroscepticism is most common in Wales, the Midlands and among the over-60s.The wording of any potential referendum question will be crucial
Leave a commentTweet Support is growing for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Thomas Raines examines the demographics of British Euroscepticism and notes that the wording of any referendum question is crucial. Next year will mark 40 years … Continue reading
Posted by: July 23, 2012
Tagged with: eu, Europe, euroscepticism, referendum
Jul 19 2012
The European Union Act is a good example of a bad law
Leave a commentTweet Jo Murkens argues that the European Union Act of 2011 should be viewed as a failed statute. Amongst other flaws the Act does not truly empower the people and is legally inconsistent. If there was one area in which the two … Continue reading
Posted by: July 19, 2012
Tagged with: eu, European Union Act, Eurosceptics, law
Jul 10 2012
Three simple rules for successful development aid investments in family planning
Leave a commentTweet Sara Seims lays out three rules that, if followed, may well improve the delivery of family planning initiatives to the developing world. These entail: a careful weighing of the costs and benefits of various options; the formulation of a specific and sophisticated measurement target; and a reaffirmation of donors’ values and philosophies. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 10, 2012
Tagged with: development, DfID, family planning, foreign aid
