Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly..

Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with co….

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow..

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits..

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow..

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all..

The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of the very few that ….

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace..

David Cameron says he wants to keep Britain in the EU, but his tactics are so divisive that, if he gets what he wants it will be at the price of huge….

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs..

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong..

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China..

One cannot have economic growth without security..

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history..

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investmen….

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free..

The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing….

The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations canno….

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined..

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like N….

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to po….