In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in …

- Martin Jacques

Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system o…

- Martin Jacques

For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at …

- Martin Jacques

At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the west towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in the era of …

- Martin Jacques

There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minoriti…

- Martin Jacques

There are a host of ethnic minorities in China but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number. History has tau…

- Martin Jacques

If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relativel…

- Martin Jacques

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, …

- Martin Jacques

Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about…

- Martin Jacques