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European stabilisation mechanism: promises, realities and principles, Charles Wyplosz openDemocracy - Latest articles from openDemocracy European stabilisation mechanism: promises, realities and principles, Charles Wyplosz The Eurozone is the new Europe, Tony Curzon Price Project Europe 2030: reflection and revival (part one), Kalypso Nicolaïdis Chile and Britain: left alliances, right futures, Justin Vogler Let’s make sure they really do end child detention now, Clare Sambrook Nation speaking peace unto nation, Mark Thompson Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy, Robert Livingston, Alexey Semyonov and Baktybek Abdrisaev Fragile post-election Iraq suffers sectarian bomb attacks, Andrea Glioti European stabilisation mechanism: promises, realities and principles, Charles Wyplosz There is much to reflect on following the decisions taken over the last weekend. The most important ones are: Policymakers have finally woken up to the scale of the problem; They still do not realize that promises are not enough; The... Read more » The Eurozone is the new Europe, Tony Curzon Price Martin Wolf argues with usual clarity that the EU bail-out is a temporary measure: the Eurozone imbalance remains. The imbalance is between high-savings in Germany and high-borrowing in the south. Prices - wages, houses, consumer durables,... Read more » Project Europe 2030: reflection and revival (part one), Kalypso Nicolaïdis It seems fitting that a report on the future of the European Union - Project Europe 2030: Challenges and Opportunities - is issued at the very moment when the continent’s leaders have been meeting in a desperate effort to contain the... Read more » Chile and Britain: left alliances, right futures, Justin Vogler The temptation to see a Chilean parallel to British experience is one of the enduring motifs of feature commentary on the South American country. Andy Beckett, in his book Pinochet in Piccadilly: Britain and Chile’s Hidden History (Faber, 2002),... Read more » Let’s make sure they really do end child detention now, Clare Sambrook ‘We will end the detention of children for immigration purposes,’ says today’s coalition agreement. A stunning victory for children, decency and the Liberal Democrats if this pledge proves good. That may be a very big if. Days before the... Read more » Nation speaking peace unto nation, Mark Thompson Quality picks up after a minute or so - apologies Commentary by Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal I had the novel experience yesterday of being read the news of Gordon Brown's resignation by the director general of the BBC, Mark Thompson.... Read more » Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy, Robert Livingston, Alexey Semyonov and Baktybek Abdrisaev Once again Kyrgyzstan has a chance to develop real democracy. The United States, OSCE, and other international partners have expressed their willingness to help. The strategic interests of the United States would certainly be well served by a... Read more » Fragile post-election Iraq suffers sectarian bomb attacks, Andrea Glioti On Monday, a large scale bombing attack launched by al-Qaeda left 85 dead and 300 injured in Hilla, south of Baghdad. The blasts are considered retaliation for the recent killing of Abu Ayub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, two leading figures of... Read more »