by Benjamin Sacks The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökul volcano on 20 March 2010 demonstrated the weaknesses in Europe’s diverse air … More
Tag: European Union
Gibraltar: The Fortune of Location
by Benjamin Sacks As is the case every few years, Gibraltar recently returned to many newspapers’ front pages as London … More
The Local vs Global in Caribbean Sugar
by Benjamin Sacks The Caribbean, with over five hundred years of continual direct Old and New World involvement, remains a … More
The Geography of Thatcherism: 1979-1983
By Benjamin Sacks Irrespective of one’s opinion of Margaret Thatcher’s tenure as Prime Minister, few would disagree that her policies … More
The Dilemma of Global Energy
By Paulette Cully A recent article in the December Geographical Journal by Michael Bradshaw entitled “Global energy dilemmas: a geographical perspective”, … More
At the borders of ‘Fortress Europe’
By Rosa Mas Giralt The outer borders of the European Union and their ‘barrier’ structures are back in the news. … More
You expect me to talk? No Mr Bond I expect you to buy
By Alexander Leo Phillips We were reminded today about the grim realities of life in the global intelligence community, with … More
A Special Relationship?
By Alexander Leo Phillips Originally coined by Winston Churchill in 1946, the ‘Special Relationship’ between the United Kingdom of Great … More
Islamic Finance
By Alexander Leo Phillips Public confidence in the banking sector has been significantly shaken over recent years. Given the turmoil … More
Pondering Poverty
by Fiona Ferbrache “Poverty” was a word we heard several times during recent election campaigning, and it is a concept … More
