4 02, 2020

Influencing the European Green Deal and Industrial Strategy

By |2020-06-15T12:47:01+00:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Climate Change, Europe, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , |

Leaders and Laggards among Small EU States by David GowEditor of Sceptical.scot, Senior Adviser at Social Europe and Senior Adviser at Acumen Public Affairs. He is former European Business Editor of The Guardian and worked for The Scotsman and London Weekend Television. 30th January 2020 This article was first published by the Scottish Centre [...]

4 02, 2020

Bitter truths in Brussels

By |2020-06-15T12:48:13+00:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , |

This article was first published by sceptical.scot “Scotland is going to leave on January 31 and, assuming no extension to the transition period, Scotland will be out, out, out by the end of the year.” These blunt words from a senior European official, said without rancour or regret, encapsulate a [...]

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: [...]

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, [...]

17 07, 2019

The EU and Russia – What kind of neighbours?

By |2020-06-15T10:23:22+00:00July 17th, 2019|Categories: 2019, Europe, Foreign Policy & Defence|Tags: , , |

17th September 2019 Speakers: Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMGFormer British Ambassador in Moscow (1988 - 1992); Author of "Across the Moscow River: The World Turned Upside Down"; "Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War" and "Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979–89" Mary DejevksyWriter and Broadcaster; former foreign correspondent in [...]

25 10, 2018

Hard Brexit: Passport to Nowhere for British Services

By |2020-07-02T08:40:21+00:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Brexit, Reports & Policy Briefs, Trade & Financial services|Tags: , , |

Hard Brexit: Passport to Nowhere for British Services With grateful thanks for assistance from E.Piciocchi, J.Kuozas & E.Manias.   October 2018 “We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride... ....They can tell you what to do But they'll make a [...]

29 11, 2017

Hard Brexit and the regions

By |2020-07-02T08:48:41+00:00November 29th, 2017|Categories: Brexit, Reports & Policy Briefs, Trade & Financial services|Tags: , , |

  December 2017 “It will take all the “stiff upper lip” symbolized by Queen Victoria to overcome the economic storm unleashed from the British leaving the European Union” La Stampa, Italian newspaper. “You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!” Hotel California by the Eagles   [...]

23 05, 2017

Consequences of a hard Brexit

By |2020-07-02T06:50:44+00:00May 23rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Brexit, Reports & Policy Briefs, Trade & Financial services|Tags: , , |

Consequences of a hard Brexit   Joint event with Industry Forum   Monday, 5th June 2017 LAUNCH OF A NEW STUDY: "Hard Brexit", International Trade and the WTO Scenario by Dr Andrew Black Speakers: Dr Andrew Black, Digit Ltd, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute; Visiting Senior Research Fellow at [...]

23 05, 2017

“Hard Brexit”, International Trade and the WTO Scenario

By |2020-12-07T14:00:09+00:00May 23rd, 2017|Categories: Brexit, Reports & Policy Briefs, Trade & Financial services|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

“Hard Brexit”, International Trade and the WTO Scenario   May 2017   With the assistance of Etienne Piciocchi and Michael Spracklin   Click here to download the paper in pdf format. Executive Summary This report looks at the possible consequences of a hard Brexit, following an unsuccessful conclusion of Article [...]

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