Integration an attempt to transcend nationalismA feature of many nationalisms is resistance to comparison in the name of national singularitySat Oct 31 1998 - 00:00
Poland's preoccupation with Russia and Germany alters in drive to EU"You don't get between a hippopotamus and waterSat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
German citizen-state emergesPolitics is the daughter of history and history is the daughter of geographySat Oct 03 1998 - 01:00
Naked capitalism and the democratic deficitA week which saw British Petroleum and Amoco merge to become the world's third largest oil and gas company provides an opportunity…Sat Aug 15 1998 - 01:00
Britain's learning curve during EU presidencyJust at the point when the European Union is embarking on its most ambitious piece of integration it has initiated a high-level…Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:00
Taoiseach invites Mandela to IrelandThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, had a meeting with President Mandela of South Africa yesterday after the conclusion of the summitWed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Summit expresses concern at latest round of nuclear testsIreland's recent initiative on nuclear disarmament was noted favourably in the summit conclusions on foreign policy dealing with…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Summit welcomes Belfast AgreementThe European Council conclusions today will warmly welcome "the historic agreement" reached in Belfast on April 10th, and "its…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Use of violence by Yugoslav and Serb forces is condemnedThe European Council adopted a strong declaration on Kosovo which condemned the use of "indiscriminate violence" by the Yugoslav…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Identity begins at home but it can't end thereA constant theme running through the arguments about the European Union during the referendum campaign concerns its very nature…Sat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Stubborn Cyprus issue fails to yield to mediationPeace processes around the world are back in the news following the Belfast AgreementSat May 09 1998 - 01:00
European context helps underpin Northern accordOn his arrival in Northern Ireland this week Mr Tony Blair remarked that words are all-important in this peace processSat Apr 11 1998 - 01:00
Statehood, nationhood need to be unbundledNationality and citizenship are central issues in the endgame of the Northern Ireland peace processSat Apr 04 1998 - 01:00
EMU sceptics cling to outdated criteriaA running theme of recent discussion by Irish economists critical of Economic and Monetary Union is that its conception and design…Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Drumbeat on Iraq covers confused military aims`How", asked Karl Kraus, "is the world ruled and led to war? When diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they…Sat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
Qualified majority voting extendedThe Amsterdam Treaty formally introduces the new principle of closer co-operation, or flexibility, to the European Union's decisionmaking…Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
Flexibility issues revisited as euro viability threatens British exclusionOne year ago at the Dublin European Council, Mr Bruton, then taoiseach, paid tribute to the British prime minister, Mr Major, …Sat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Turks say they are `humiliated' by conditions on offer for accessionThe European Council faced a difficult task defining its future relations with Turkey last night as a dinner planned for this…Sat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Turkey's EU vocation remains on holdThe word "limit" is derived etymologically from the Latin limes, meaning boundary, notably of the Roman EmpireSat Nov 29 1997 - 00:00
History and geography rhyme for new GermanyIn the heart of the new Berlin, on the Potsdamer Platz, there can be found the Infobox, an architectural guide to one of the …Sat Nov 08 1997 - 00:00
Britain's EMU stance undermines its influenceJean Monnet's advice to Europeans negotiating with Britain when the EEC was founded in the 1950s was simple and to the point: "…Sat Oct 25 1997 - 01:00
Trouble at home reduces EU heavyweightMUCH of the political fallout from the Amsterdam summit flows from this paradox, phrased by a senior EU diplomat there.Sat Jun 21 1997 - 01:00
Treaty's flexibility provision is major departureFLEXIBILITY has become one of the new buzzwords of European integration during negotiation of the Amsterdam TreatyThu Jun 19 1997 - 01:00
Hong Kong's rapid changes undermine our stereotypesRETURNING from a short visit to China and Hong Kong during the final stages of the Irish election campaign, it is intriguing …Sat May 31 1997 - 01:00
Building bridges to foster pluralismTWO pieces of wanton destruction remain in the memory after a recent visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina: the offices of the multi-cultural…Sat May 10 1997 - 01:00
New Labour victory a positive sign for all of EuropeTHE scale and depth of Labour's victory will greatly facilitate the task it faces of putting Britain's relations with Europe …Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
Evolving Europe will accommodate, not replace, national identitiesACCORDING to John Major and Malcolm Rifkind, British voters face a stark choice between preservation of the nation-state and …Sat Apr 26 1997 - 01:00
Labour victory would keep door open to vision for EUACCORDING to John Major, the Labour Party is unpatriotic because it is not prepared to see Britain isolated in EuropeSat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
As Irish as it is possible to be in the circumstancesTHE Canadian equivalent of "as American as apple pie" is reported to be "as Canadian as it is possible to be in the circumstances…Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
International role was central themeIRELAND's international identity and role have been central and growing themes of Mrs Robinson's term as PresidentThu Mar 13 1997 - 00:00
A real debate on implications of economic and monetary union getting under wayIT LOOKS as if a real debate is getting under way about economic and monetary union and its implications for Ireland and the …Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Enlarged NATO, EU to dominate political agendaTWO enlargements will dominate the agenda of European politics this year, that of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and …Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
British election has international strategic implicationsSOME elections are more important than others in the history of the major European nation states - not only for their own citizens…Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
Council satisfies Nordic leadersLEADERS of the three Nordic EU member-states, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, were generally satisfied with the outcome of the Council…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
A flexible ghost will haunt EU for a while"FLEXIBILITY" is the ghost at the feast in Dublin Castle this weekend.Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Nyerere warns Europe it must help "to clean up the mess""THIS is interference, which must stopSat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
Shaping a new flexibility for EU"No ship can be allowed to keep on dictating the speed of the whole convoySat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Kohl rules out compromise on timing of EU reformTHE German Chancellor, Dr Kohl, emphatically repeated his commitment to the timetable and ambition of the Inter Governmental …Mon Oct 07 1996 - 01:00
US NATO envoy pays tribute to Irish role"IRELAND'S contribution to security is helping everybody", according to the US ambassador to NATO, Mr Robert HunterTue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
Better response needed it benefit of diaspora is to be realised in 21st centuryIN his address to the joint houses of the US Congress on September 11th, the Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, made interesting references…Sat Sept 21 1996 - 01:00
Tension with US shows EU maturing"THIS is not a crisis but a problem to be managedSat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00
Clinton's envoy is rebuffed by Spring on US anti-Cuba lawPRESIDENT Clinton's special envoy on Cuba, Mr Stuart Eizenstat, yesterday appealed to the Tanaiste not to refer the controversial…Fri Sept 06 1996 - 01:00
Iran the new demon for US after fall of communismWE CAN expect further simplification and demonisation of Iran's position in the world from the US following the Republican Party…Sat Aug 17 1996 - 01:00
Old nationalisms once more entrench NIIT IS depressing to return from holidays to an Ireland which has gone through such a thorough reversion to primordial identity…Sat Aug 03 1996 - 01:00
US is cautioned on recent laws affecting Cuba, Iran and LibyaTHE Middle East, Russia and former Yugoslavia dominated the foreign policy conclusions of the councilMon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Ireland and Italy have a shared interest in joining an inner coreIRELAND follows Italy as president of the European Union by an alphabetical accidentSat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Steering Finland in from the coldTHE President of Finland, Mr Martti Ahtisaari, today begins a three day state visit to IrelandTue May 14 1996 - 01:00
Redefining security in terms of social cohesionSWEDISH troops in ex Yugoslavia have been serving under the command of Nato officers, along, with other troops from the Nordic…Thu May 09 1996 - 01:00
Ironies abound as the politics of beef and rugby reveal crisesTHE POLITICS of identity loom large in the contemporary world as individuals, groups and nationalities come to terms with the…Sat Apr 20 1996 - 01:00
