As we come out of one of the biggest financial and economic crises in modern history, there are still many obstacles for Europe and the United States to overcome on the journey towards economic recovery. Remember that this is more of a Transatlantic than a global phenomenon as Asian economies ...
Over the last few days I was in the US, meeting with leading US policy-makers and getting an insight into the current political mood across the Atlantic. I visited both Washington and San Francisco for meetings in my role as Chairman of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) and a Member ...
In one of Oscar Wilde's plays there is a famous exchange where on being asked on what it is like to be in society, a peer replies: “To be in society is a bore but to be out of it is tragic.” I was reminded of this quote on Tuesday ...
For much of this week I have been in Washington DC, in my role as Chairman of the Transatlantic Policy Network, meeting with Congressmen, businessmen and academics, most of whom share the view that a stronger transatlantic partnership will be more important than ever in an emerging multi-polar world.
I was ...
