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6 11, 2019

From the European Union to the Human Federation

By |2020-06-15T10:18:56+00:00November 6th, 2019|Categories: 2019, Europe, Federalism, Global|Tags: , , , |

Preparing Humanity for coexistence with Superintelligence 2nd December 2019 Lecture and Discussion with Tony Czarnecki, presenting his forthcoming book: Democracy for Human Federation – Coexisting with Superintelligence(external link to Amazon) Respondent: David Wood, Chair of London Futurists and Co-Founder of the Transhumanist Party Videos of the presentation and the response: [...]

1 11, 2019

Legitimacy and the 2019 General Election

By |2020-05-05T08:18:43+00:00November 1st, 2019|Categories: Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: |

by Ira StrausChair, Center for War-Peace Studies* 31st October 2019 Were amendments to election procedure needed for this election’s legitimacy? Which amendments would themselves be legitimate or illegitimate? The conflation of the upcoming general election with Brexit undermines the legitimacy of the election. The election is really a referendum on [...]

25 10, 2019

A People’s Vote: Take care what you wish for

By |2020-05-04T09:43:27+00:00October 25th, 2019|Categories: Brexit|Tags: , , |

by John Leech, Council Member, The Federal Trust 25th October 2019 The People’s Vote would be the third time that the British public has been asked for their opinion on membership of a united Europe: In 1975, two years after joining the European Communities, to confirm that act; in 2016, [...]

23 10, 2019

Brexit makes for strange bedfellows

By |2019-10-24T10:11:05+00:00October 23rd, 2019|Categories: Blog, Europe|Tags: , , , |

by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 23rd October 2019 At the weekend the former Home Secretary Amber Rudd gave an interview that will usefully epitomise for future historians the moral and intellectual confusion on European issues of the One Nation wing of the Conservative Party she represents. […]

22 10, 2019

What has gotten into Juncker and Macron?

By |2020-05-05T08:18:45+00:00October 22nd, 2019|Categories: Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , |

by Ira StrausChair, Center for War-Peace Studies 22nd October 2019 What has gotten into Juncker and Macron? Will they go on promoting Brexit? Or can Macron go back to his better, long-extension idea? People who are friends of the EU, many of them longstanding fans of both Juncker and Macron, [...]

22 10, 2019

Johnson’s Deal Crosses May’s One Legitimate Red Line: Dividing the United Kingdom

By |2020-05-04T09:43:32+00:00October 22nd, 2019|Categories: Brexit|Tags: , , , |

by Ira StrausChair, Center for War-Peace Studies 21st October 2019 There was one fully justified Red Line buried amidst Theresa May’s long list of them: that no agreement is permissible that would draw a dividing line within the United Kingdom (see The meaning of Theresa May’s one legitimate Red Line). [...]

18 10, 2019

Boris Johnson: Riding towards a place with no name

By |2019-10-22T12:49:09+00:00October 18th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Europe|Tags: , , |

by Brendan DonnellyDirector, The Federal Trust 18th October 2019 This article was first published on Eurobabble. Editor’s note: As foreshadowed in this article, the House of Commonsdecided on 19th October to defer more detailed discussion of theWithdrawal Act until the following week. The votes of the DUP werecrucial in securing [...]

17 10, 2019

NATO at 70: Poland in today’s Europe

By |2020-06-15T10:20:41+00:00October 17th, 2019|Categories: 2019, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence, Global|Tags: , , , |

18th November 2019 Joint event with the Polish think tank Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies Presentation of the publication: NATO: 1949 - 1999 - 2019. The 20 years of Poland in the 70 years of the Alliance(click to download the report in pdf format) The 70th anniversary of NATO establishment, [...]

16 10, 2019

Can Logic Prevail and the UK Find an “Exit from Brexit?”

By |2020-05-04T09:43:34+00:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Brexit|Tags: , |

by Roger CasaleFounder and Secretary-General of New Europeans and Former Member of the UK Parliament 16th October 2019 This article was first published on Euro Babble. The Brexit debate in the UK has never been about reason and logic. For many protagonists on both sides of the argument, it is [...]

14 10, 2019

Brexit Countdown?

By |2020-05-04T09:43:35+00:00October 14th, 2019|Categories: Brexit|Tags: , |

by Dr Kirsty Hughes Director, Scottish Centre on European Relations 13th October 2019 This article was first published by Scottish Centre on European Relations With the end of October approaching, an intense, highly political two weeks is set to play out. Brexit’s constant companion, uncertainty, remains as present as ever. [...]

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