Is it wise for the French to display inertia on economic reforms, while hoping for the election of a new German government? The UK’s former Minister for Europe weighs in.
Education: The Key to Turkey’s Prosperity
Why does Turkey’s Finance Minister see education reform as his country’s biggest development challenge?
Thatcher Lives! In Putin’s Moscow
Can you track the many ways in which Russia’s President and the UK’s late Prime Minister were alike?
Thatcher Vs. Hawke: Whose Reforms Worked Best?
Who left behind a stronger economy: the warrior-like conservative British Prime Minister or Australia’s bridge-builder?
France’s Cahuzac Affair: Not Just a National Farce
With so many scandals, is it any wonder that people not just in France, but everywhere are losing faith in their elected governments?
Thatcher, Merkel and the Euro
What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?
Turkey’s Conundrum: Women and Modernity
How did Turkey’s ban on head scarves inhibit the advancement of women’s rights?
Germans Do Consume
Is it really true that German workers’ and consumers’ appetite for shopping and consuming is repressed?
Snow and Politics in Hungary
Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?
Europe’s Phony War: Austerians Vs. Deficitarians
Are European nations really well-advised to follow the alluring policy prescriptions of U.S.-based deficit boosters?
























