Moves have been underway this week to appoint a new Director of Strategy in Downing Street. This follows the decision taken by the Prime Minister last November to close down the Downing Street strategy unit. Part of the role of this new Director of Strategy will be to shape a ...

Long-term trends, Multi-polar world - 7 Comments »

With the UK General Election now behind us, I am happy to be resuming my weekly blog looking at long term trends and their implications for our daily life in Britain and the rest of Europe. With the new coalition government now in place, it is interesting to note that ...

Transatlantic Partnership - No Comments »

Linked with the debate on energy security which I touched on last week, is the question of how Europe responds to China's increasingly assertive acquisition of scarce resources across the globe. With reserves estimated at $2,270bn (for comparison, that is twice the size of the second-biggest holder - Japan, while ...

Multi-polar world - No Comments »

Green Week 2009, being held this week in Brussels, is focused on climate change. A vital issue linked to this subject is the question of energy security which deserves more attention than it gets. Long term trends analyses show that rising energy demand in China, India and elsewhere is creating a ...

Energy Security - 2 Comments »