Clearly the topic of how we can ensure that world markets work better on behalf of everyone is more important than ever. It is one of the main vocations of the SI to allow us a forum, in the…

We are all aware of the threat of recession which looms over the world's economy. We are convinced that we should not be passive; that it is possible to react; that we can bring about a…

The financial crisis is with us, and we need to find answers to it. In view of the fact that upheavals have affected all continents and in particular the most vulnerable continents, it would be…

Globalisation is producing a major impact upon our world, not only in economic terms, but it is encroaching upon the traditional functions of the State, government and supranational institutions.…

The light and shadow, or the positive and negative aspects of the ongoing globalisation of economic activities, have been debated by many experts in diverse fora. The subject has acquired a…

The office of the man who is now Head of Government of the city of Buenos Aires is on the first floor of an imposing building and it looks over the Plaza de Mayo and towards the Casa Rosada, the…

Michael Hirschfeld, President of the New Zealand Labour Party, NZLP, died in Wellington on 5 January at the age of 54, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. The party's deputy leader Michael…

The first global crisis of the new era Felípe González, Former Prime Minister of Spain, reflects on the new threats the world faces. Why and how to cancel the debts of the poorest countries …

  Years of discussion about whether we were entering a new era came to an end on the apocalyptic morning of 11 September. The response of the United States, the explanation of the…

The dramatic terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, which mark a new phase in the history of international relations, pose more urgently than ever the need to regulate the process of…