The World Outside Westminster – Falklands, nukes, protests and Gingrich
Chris Tarquini rounds up this weeks biggest stories from the other 192 nations in the world.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
Brown’s blueprint for reform of global education may soon become reality
With almost 70 million children of primary school age not in school – a figure set to rise by 2015 – urgent action is required, Gordon Brown said this week.
Obama puts manufacturing top of the agenda – time for Cameron to do the same?
Tony Burke looks at the state of the unions following the State of the Union address, where Obama called for America to reclaim the lead in manufacturing.
Bill Gates: Innovation is the key to overcoming the need for aid
Mann Virdee reports from Bill Gates’s speech at the LSE this week.
Obama’s State of the Union address: Response and reactions
Alex Hern covers the response and reaction to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address – at least for this term in office.
MPs call for Romney’s tax haven to be closed
MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling for Mitt Romney’s Cayman Islands tax haven to be closed, rounding off a disastrous week for the Republican candidate.
The World Outside Westminster – Oh, Carolina
Tom Rouse rounds up the week’s news from around the world, including the SOPA blackouts, the Costa Concordia tragedy, and the latest from the Republican race.
The British Empire – subsidising Republican presidential candidates since 2007
U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney an awful lot of his wealth and income away from the yes of the American Treasury and in the Cayman Islands – international tax haven and overseas british territory, or in old-fashioned language, colony of the British Empire.
The need for disaster prophylaxis – managing the risk, not the crisis
Debbie Hillier of Oxfam reports on the findings of a report into the response to the Horn Of Africa disaster, the east Africa food crisis drought.
European socialists call for regulation of the ratings agencies
Alex Hern reports on the calls from the Party of European Socialists to regulate the credit ratings agencies, and considers what the problems with such regulation may be.