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Theme : international
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Engaging with Europe
Last week the European Commission published its draft annual progress reports on accession candidates, including Croatia and Turkey. However, despite not attracting much attention outside the candidate countries and the EU itself, these reports are still the EU’s most important tool in accession negotiations – and the question of whether the accession process is effective is of vital importance to the future of the EU. Could this mean it may be time to start taking notice of what is going on in Brussels and engaging with the crucial questions that will need to be answered if the EU is to successfully reform itself into an entity that can deliver on its promises?
from : dompotter
27th November 2007
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The Commonwealth Gets Teeth
The Commonwealth Heads of Government, currently meeting in Uganda, have for once made a good decision. They have (temporarily) booted Pakistan out of the Commonwealth because of the terrible political situation there.So what? You might say. Isn't the Commonwealth just an anacronistic waste of time? Well, for the UK it might not compete with our membership of the G8 or our permanent seat on the UN Security Council. But for many member states of the Commonwealth and their leaders, membership...
from : rachelbriggs
23rd November 2007
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How far will Cameron draw the political parallels?
While attention has been focused on The Royal Academy in Stockholm the past couple of days for the Nobel prizes, David Cameron should note that there are some even more interesting things going on over in the Riksdag.
from : dompotter
19th October 2007
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300 and the Real World
In Cultural Diplomacy, we talk about the defining characteristics of a new era in which 'the ability of individuals to reap the benefits of globalisation and connect with other people on a truly global level'.
A similar situation is developing around the new film, 300.
from : samjones
16th March 2007
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As You Like It
Around the world, the way that English is used has come to reflect the changing powers of globalisation; it is spoken in different ways, by different people, for different purposes. The UK has developed an unsustainable complacency to its native tongue. Opportunity and influence remain tied to English, but As You Like It argues that native speakers are at risk of being left behind.
from : markfuller
14th March 2007
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Open Standards for Resilience?
I'm in Prague speaking at a NATO conference on what they call in the business 'open standards for resilience'. For those of us not up to speed with the jargon, that's all about the need for non-state actors to do their bit for national resilience (private sector, ngos, communities, citizens, and the like). As I pointed out in my presentation this afternoon, though, it's exactly this kind of jargon that hampers the involvement of non-state actors who haven't grown up in the closeted...
from : rachelbriggs
11th March 2007
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Cultural Diplomacy
Cultural Diplomacy argues that the huge global reach and potential of Britain’s world class artistic and cultural assets – from Razorlight to the Royal Ballet - should be at the heart of government relationship building abroad.
from : markfuller
27th February 2007
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Cultural Diplomacy
Demos is launching a major new report, in partnership with the British Council, the British Library, the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Opera House and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The result of extensive research, it argues that culture is now more important than ever to the relations between countries.
from : peterharrington
2nd February 2007
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The Atlas of Ideas Final Conference
Join us for The Atlas of Ideas conference, where policymakers, business leaders, scientists and opinion formers from across Asia, Europe and the US will gather to debate the new geography of science.
from : mollywebb
3rd January 2007
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Are you feeling ‘lit by the brilliant light of science’?
The PM today delivered a big speech on science in Oxford, his first substantial contribution on this theme since 2002. The speech paints a detailed picture of the scientific state we're in, and has some good points to make about international collaboration, which are relevant to our Atlas project. The latter part of the speech, where he attacks the 'anti-science brigade', is the least convincing. In part, he seems to be arguing for a new approach to opening up decision-making and supporting...
from : mollywebb
3rd November 2006
