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  • Korber Stiftung – Conference in Berlin

    With Britain gone from Europe, there needs to be a coordinated voice in Europe, and the Berlin Forum, hosted by Korber Stiftung, explores the themes and concerns that are key elements to Germany’s foreign policy. Critical ideas and conceptual understanding of events in Ukraine have shaken Europe, and has challenged the essence of European hegemony because…

  • Chinese and British Imperialism

    John Darwin argued that a formal empire could be defined by a sustained effort to assimilate a country to the political, economic or cultural system of another power. (John Darwin (1997) SS 9.2). Britain a maritime power and China a land-based empire, initially took significantly different approaches to the expansion of their empires and how…

  • Disraeli 1872 Crystal Palace

    Disraeli’s speech to the National Union of Conservative Associates, on 24th June 1872, was a reaction to the changing demographic of the Conservatives traditional supporters, the Liberals view on the values of empire and economy and whether Britain needed an empire to counter the perceived threat posed by American economic growth, Germany’s defeat of France in…

  • Snapshot of Ukraine’s economy

    Just before the war in Ukraine, I pointed out that after Russia’s invasion of Crimea, the Russian economy grew by 4%, which meant that there had been growth in the Russian economy from 2014-2020, even after the sanctions placed on the Russian economy by Europe and the United States. A growth of 4% in an…

  • COP 27

    This article explores the concerns, events and questions that should be on the agenda at COP 27

  • Green movement into climate resilience and EVs’

    A Bloomberg NEF annual report of global investment in low carbon energy transition totalled US$755 billion. The report reviews a range of diverse industries from investment in projects, such as renewables, hydrogen production, nuclear, charging infrastructure, recycling and other projects, such as solar and zero emission vehicles. According to Bloomberg, the largest sector in 2021 was…