This FT article by Quentin Peel (I am told by a senior German who should know) brings out accurately an angle of the Eurozone’s problems which hitherto has not received much attention beyond Germany. Namely the fact that the German Constitutional Court is watching very closely what the German Government […]
And here I am over at Business and Politics, ingeniously linking the always interesting subject of Ambassadorial entertainment expenses to Human Rights: Lurking at the back of an Ambassador’s mind is a new concern: “What happens if I entertain that senior foreign colleague but a truculent Management Officer questions the […]
Back from Brussels. Here is a short article by me in the Independent today about Ejup Ganic. It’s always a pleasure to get material into a British national newspaper – work published there pops up all over the planet. But the end product is not necessarily what was sent in. In […]
I spent most of yesterday discussing the politics and prospects of a small southern European country which, yes, has its problems but deals with them in a mature, sophisticated way. Namely Bosnia and Herzegovina. In particular, the way in which the Bosnian media on all sides go out of their […]
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Remember Kinetic Energy and EU Foreign Policy? I now scour the Internet fondly for references to kinetic energy in other contexts. And here is a good one, applied in its natural scientific setting, as Surreptitious Evil patiently explains some basic science to a fathead insisting that 9/11 was something else: I […]
If you type Maltastar into Google Search in the UK as of 10.26 on 15 March, this is what you get at the top of the first and vital page: Results 1 – 10 of about 177,000 for maltastar. (0.11 seconds) Search Results maltastar.com 15 Mar 2010 … Crawford refuses […]
Not too far from exciting Malta is quiet Greece. Baseline Scenario takes a very hard look at what is happening there – and what looks to be now unavoidable: What if Greek interest rates rise to, say, 10% – a modest premium for a country which has the highest external public […]
My latest salvo at Business and Politics is on the subject of Leadership. I make the point that valiant character and moral virtues are not enough. It’s all about technique too – linking those qualities intelligently and effectively to Real Life. Take two generals in the heat of battle: General Noble exhibits […]
