Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Gordon Brown's government of Britishness is saying goodbye to Northern Ireland. It seems that the new 'e-border' for this country, currently known
Introduction
I had a dream. It was in September, before the party conferences. Gordon Brown and his Labour Party had a great lead in the polls. There was an opportunity
The ideal of democracy is that citizens can on an equal basis engage with and influence the direction of their society. This notion of joint self-determination poses a huge number
The leading Repubican financial regulator Alan Greenspan, one of the architects of today's global order has just published his memoirs, The Age of Turbulence. Paul Krugman takes him
Caspar Henderson of grains of sand and coralstory alerts us to a piece by Scott Horton which sets out why he thinks there will be an attack on Iran before
by Anthony Barnett
It may well be that humankind will destroy itself through its differences over holy places and sacred territory. But below the surface, the earth is tuned in
by Anthony Barnett
There is a new Facebook group that makes me laugh and is very sad at the same time. It is called Nobody for President.
Here is just
Moderator: This reply to Martin Wolf is part of a debate the whole of which can be seen here. It started with a comment by Martin to an article in
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Before joining millions around the world at an Avaaz organised LiveEarth barbeque (you can still join us, see here), in my case cooked and hosted by
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Over in the openDemocracy mothership, I have just written an article about Gordon Brown as an intellectual. My argument is that if a politician like Brown
Britain is about to have a prime minister who reads books, thinks hard, can write clearly and is - hush, the word is still rarely used in polite circles in
Four out of six of the candidates for Labour’s deputy-leader position favour a written constitution for the United Kingdom: Peter Hain, Harriet Harman and John Cruddas are unequivocal, while
