July 5, 2005

Europe and the world

The ‘Eastern’ Alliance

by Edward Hugh

An alliance of Russia, China and central Asian nations called today for the U.S. and coalition members in Afghanistan to set a date for withdrawing from member states.
he Shanghai Cooperation Organization, at a summit in the Kazakh capital, said in a declaration that a withdrawal date should be set in light of what it [...]

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June 10, 2005

Governments and parties

Hungary: New President & Debt Downgrade

by Peter J

This week Hungary has a new President. The election of Laszlo Solyom as Hungary’s new President was a major setback for the governing Socialist Party (MSZP), at the same time as it was widely lauded as a victory by the right wing opposition Fidesz party. The outcome was largely the result [...]

February 18, 2004

Governments and parties

Eta And The Spanish Elections

by Edward Hugh

As someone who lives and works in Barcelona (capital of Catalonia, and formal definition in the eyes of the local nationalists of being Catalan), it is really rather frustrating to find that about the only time we make it to the European headlines (apart, of course, from when Bar?a wants to buy some world famous [...]

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October 17, 2003

Minorities and integration

Immigration: Europe’s Difficult and Perplexing Road to Reform

by Edward Hugh

The Economist has a couple of useful pieces this week ( here and here ) comparing the politics of immigration in the US and the UK. Meantime US economist Richard Freeman has an NBER paper where he argues we should “Stop spending so much time thinking about the WTO. Technology transfer, international migration, and [...]

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