Tensions in EU-US relations set to rise as new administration refines policiesThe Middle East is emerging as one of the most important issues in contemporary international affairsSat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
McCreevy's EU megaphone diplomacy puts Ireland in the Eurosceptic campThere was a fine photograph in the Guardian of Charlie McCreevy and Gordon Brown tetea-tete at the Ecofin council in Brussels…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Turbulent times lie ahead for Europe-US relationsWhat are the prospects for European relations with the United States after the victory of Mr George W Bush and completion of …Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Greater Irish flexibility on taxation could pay offA good rule of thumb in analysing public affairs is to pay particular attention to issues on which there is virtual unanimity…Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
A liberal rabbi's hope amid deep Israeli pessimismThere is a paradox in Israeli attitudes towards the Middle East peace processSat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Moment of truth for EU enlargementLa presidence francaise est plus francaise que presidentielle.Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Ousted leader may yet go to the HagueA long-standing Serb human rights activist in Brussels has insisted in the last couple of years that Slobodan Milosevic would…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
State may be tempted to avoid referendumFollowing Denmark's rejection of the euro in Thursday's referendum, governments elsewhere in the European Union will think twice…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
The real question is how to preserve balance between small and large states in enlarged European Union`Man is a God when he dreams, but a beggar when he thinksSat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
New Ireland needs to hear from its expatriates on pressing preoccupationsAt the launch this week of his book on the Irish abroad, Tim Pat Coogan dwelt on their diversity, talent and many achievements…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Challenge of making global capitalism more accountableThe German philosopher Jurgen Habermas believes it will be necessary to create a "global domestic politics" if capitalist markets…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Chirac has set the scene for a `grand transition' debateThe possible shape and structure of an enlarged European Union has come to the foreground of political debate in recent weeks…Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Idea of transnational tax on currency speculators taking offGlobal currency trading has exploded in scale and volume over the last 20 years as speculation dwarfed cross-border purchases…Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Ireland has important role in rapid reaction force debateThe international agenda is awash with humanitarian crises brought vividly to our attention on television screens and newspaper…Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
European space and EU design not quite the sameEurope is an encounter between a space and a design, according to Michel Foucher, director of research at the French foreign …Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
A most acceptable unionA Vital National Interest - Ireland in Europe 1973-1998. Edited by Jim Dooge and Ruth BarringtonSat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Ireland and applicants need EU's foundation principlesOur Baltic, Central and Eastern European and Mediterranean future partners are seeking to make the same reaffirmation of their…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Japanese not persuaded US gurus have all the economic answersYou may not be interested in the Japanese economy - but it is interested in youSat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
The Shamrock Ladies' Society takes to the streets of TokyoOne of Tokyo's busiest shopping boulevards, Omotesando, was taken over last Sunday by a colourful St Patrick's Day paradeFri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Haider says it is not Austria's job to clear up historical questions`It is not the job of an Austrian government to clear up historical questions," according to Jorg HaiderSat Feb 05 2000 - 00:00
Greek efforts to help its Diaspora put ours to shameAbout three million Irish citizens live outside Ireland, with 1.2 million of them having been born in this country.Sat Jan 22 2000 - 00:00
`We choose who we want to be'Bill McSweeney is a long-standing and perceptive researcher and commentator on international relations, until recently one of…Sat Dec 18 1999 - 00:00
Invitation to Turkey welcomed as boost for democratic forcesThere was a genuine sense of an important turning point when the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Bulent Ecevit, gave a press conference…Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
Turkey now a candidate on the same basis as any other nationTurkey has accepted the European Union offer of candidate status for membership, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs…Sat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
Enlarged EU will require rethinking of Ireland's approachHelsinki has been billed quite accurately as the European Union's enlargement summitSat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
NI accord is EU-style sovereignty pooling to optimise influenceAttention this week has concentrated on the all-Ireland significance of the Belfast Agreement as its provisions are finally implemented…Sat Dec 04 1999 - 00:00
Too early to say if 1989 was a liberation or a revolutionWe were alone in the beginning. Had we failed the process of change would have taken very much longer or been impossibleSat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Parti Quebecois seeking Canadian `sovereignty without consequences'`They want a sovereignty without consequences"Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
30 years of negotiations ends in `freedom' for InuitWhen asked what the achievement of self-government means to the Inuit people of Canada, the Minister for Public Works, Telecommunications…Sat May 29 1999 - 01:00
US-Europe relations in transition`Reality shows there are good reasons to be optimistic about US-European relationsSat May 22 1999 - 01:00
Pact for reconstruction a priority to bring Balkans into the heart of EuropeThrough the maelstrom of war in the Balkans one creative and progressive idea has grown in recent weeks: that over the next generation…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Government needs to clarify stance on Kosovo crisis and PfPEuropean security and defence arrangements have been thrown into turmoil by the Kosovo crisis, which poses sharply the question…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Kosovo disaster brings home need for security policyThat war accelerates the politics of security has been starkly revealed as European states come to terms with the consequences…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
US unilateralism tested in Kosovo crucibleNeither the Clinton administration nor Congress nor the public is willing to pay the costs and accept the risks of unilateral…Sat Apr 03 1999 - 01:00
Agreement clears way for enlargementBorrowing a technique from the agriculture ministers, the European Union's leaders stayed up all night here to agree a budgetary…Sat Mar 27 1999 - 00:00
Commentary"The entire Balkans are not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadierFri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
CommentaryThe nomination of Mr Romano Prodi as president-designate of the European Commission is a smart and timely move by the Berlin …Thu Mar 25 1999 - 00:00
Solving deficit in democracyIn its ruling on the Maastricht Treaty the German Constitutional Court argued in 1993 that European democracy had to be based…Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Lafontaine's fall could set scene for EU realignmentsWINNERS and losers from the fall of Oskar Lafontaine are not only domestic but Europe-wide as well.Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Dynamics of devolution raise conflict for BlairRon Davies, the former Secretary of State for Wales, says devolution in Britain "is a processSat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
New nightmare looms over Albanian questionBalkan specialists fear a nightmare scenario which would see the Albanian question emerge from the Kosovo crisis as a potentially…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
Bad time for public dispute with FlynnIf it is true that the Agenda 2000 negotiations on the EU's budgets, agricultural and cohesion policies, structural funds and…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Hungary presses EU for accession dateThe approach to the presidential reception room in Vienna's Hofburg Palace brings one through a succession of breathtaking Rococo…Sat Jan 16 1999 - 00:00
Not much sign of success as Czechs find the fruits of democracy sour`We lack experience of freedom and democracy," says Vaclav Zaoralek, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Czech parliament…Sat Jan 09 1999 - 00:00
A currency born in union of economics and politicsPolitics and economics intimately combine in the birth of the euro - not only within the broad framework of the European Union…Sat Jan 02 1999 - 00:00
Spring is backed by Cabinet for top EU jobThe Government "is ready to do all it can" to support Mr Dick Spring's candidature for the job of Secretary-General and High …Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
EU ready to help in Russia's financial crisisRussia's economic and political crisis was discussed in depth by EU leadersMon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Summit agenda reveals much about Austria's own identityIt is a true fact, as they say in Cork, that a majority of Austrians came to believe they were a nation only in the mid-1970s…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Scots story of high interest to Irish"You chaps gave Ireland home rule in 1886, and look what happenedSat Nov 28 1998 - 00:00
Retaining identities within the EUThe Irish traveller in central and eastern Europe is becoming more used to sympathetic and informed interest in our country as…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
