June 25, 2015
Welcome to week II in my series on Federalism. Last week, I talked about why I, as an outsider, am in favour of a Federal Europe. I tried to escape from airy discussions of what developments of new supranational structures means to someone who enjoys textbooks like he enjoys his wine: exceedingly dry. Instead,… » read more
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June 19, 2015
A Canadian writing on European affairs. This immediately strikes me as bizarre, but here we are. This week I’m starting a series on Federalism, in particular on European Federalism. I won’t leave you hanging in mystery, I’m for it. You might expect my sensibilities and sympathies to align with the UK, and they do, to… » read more
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June 11, 2015
Audio Version This upcoming Wednesday is Climate Diplomacy Day, which is a day to highlight the challenges of building an effective global accord to combat climate change. An Irish friend of mine working close to this field suggested that this would be a good subject for this week’s entry. Another friend reminded me that I… » read more
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Audio Version The Economist this week talks about how men, especially uneducated men are underperforming in the current economic climate. It writes how their failure to adapt to the vanishing of traditional jobs. I look up to see that the dark cloud I watched on the horizon now fills the sky and I smile.… » read more
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Global Europe, Innovation & Enterprise, Social Europe & Jobs |
May 28, 2015
Audio Version It is increasingly apparent that the way cosmopolitanism is conceptualised is neither a productive ideal for cosmopolitans, nor particularly accurate to describe the phenomenon. Since cosmopolitanism and transnationalism share qualities, cosmopolitanism should interest the EU, even if there is clear evidence that, in the purest sense, it does not. Traditionally, we view… » read more
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April 17, 2015
A man’s life of 50 years under the sky is nothing compared to the age of this world. Life is but a fleeting dream, an illusion — Is there anything that lasts forever? This song was a favourite of a 16th century Japanese warlord, Lord Oda Nobunaga. Famously, he sung and danced this Samurai song… » read more
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January 9, 2015
No one wants a tragedy, but it’s happened. No matter how many times we write “Je suis Charlie” on Facebook, we cannot avoid what’s already passed. We need to survey the damage and look to the aftershock. My greatest fear that this action becomes fuel for France’s already potent far right. National tragedies have historically… » read more
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November 7, 2014
I do not know what to think about Russia. I have been writing this entry for four months, revising it again and again in my head. So, if you came here looking for answers and policy suggestions, then you have come in vain. I am going to explain why I cannot figure out this situation.… » read more
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November 1, 2013
The news this week has been aflutter with reactions to the NSA spying scandal. I’ve been thinking about how this might impact European integration for sometime now and I figured this might be a good forum for those thoughts. Noting that periods of discord between the EU and the US often drive integration in certain… » read more
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October 25, 2013
So a Canadian blog on Europe. I have to write on CETA this week, right? Historic agreement, which some in the Canadian media are calling a coup for Prime Minister Harper, clearly that’s the biggest thing in my world currently, right? Maybe. Honestly, I don’t know what I could really say about it that hasn’t… » read more
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