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Innovation rankings show the EU trailing behind the US, Japan and South Korea. Sweden was the highest-ranked EU member state in this year's Innovation Union Scoreboard,...

The West can no longer dictate the agenda, but its decline is not irreversible. Since the publication in 1918 of the first volume of Oswald Spengler's “The decline of the...

A study suggests that the influence of lobbyists on financial legislation in the US is staggering. In the three years since the global financial crisis erupted, two dominant...

India's economy keeps on growing but its place on the list of the EU's trading partners has barely moved. The European Union's relations with India are curiously...

Deal ‘violates' EU privacy and data-protection rules, but Commission claims ‘robust privacy' for passengers A European Parliament draft report will urge MEPs to reject an...

India has been an important player in global climate talks, but lost its way in Durban last year. India has been considered a skilled negotiatior in international climate...

Some people may blame capitalism for the financial crisis, but the blame lies elsewhere. “Capitalism in crisis” was the vogue term being bandied about at the

Protesters are back on the streets of Moscow, but the rest of the world does not seem to care. Twenty years ago, the new democratic leaders of Russia were left to be dragged...

Observers fear rise of ‘illiberal democracy'. European Union officials are increasingly worried that Turkey might be drifting in the direction of authoritarianism. A wave...

Latin America's financial woes led to a ‘lost decade'. The situation in Europe today looks much worse. Turning-points are easy to identify with hindsight, but not in real...

Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still. In its first two years in office, the administration of US President Barack Obama was...

German firm says hostility from consumers is the reason for the move. German chemical company BASF today (16 January) announced that it is stopping production of genetically...

The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help. The West and Iran are playing a dangerous game. In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close...

The EU's foreign and security policy often lacks an effective response. For most of the past decade, the European Union has provided leadership in efforts to stop Iran...

Leaders have gloated over the failings of others' economies – only to see their own economies slip on banana skins. The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited...

European law is encouraging the spread of a European variant of US-style adversarial legalism. Alfred Denning, one of Britain's most famous jurists, once stated “when we...

US authorities strongly object to ETS changes. Passengers to lose out as airlines plan to spread the cost The US government and airlines have not given up their...

The eurozone's policy-making, not its economic fundamentals, are the real threat to the single currency. Great empires rarely succumb to outside attacks. But they often...

Can China be helped to abandon the tortured fiction that there is some kind of future for a reformed North Korea? In one sense, the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il...

Twice in the past, a British ‘No' has pushed European monetary union forward. At the European Union summit on 8-9 December, British Prime Minister David Cameron vented...