Peter Sutherland: Doha and the crisis in global trade
September 4, 2001
We should be in no doubt; the WTO - is facing the biggest crisis of its young life. In less than three months, trade ministers from more than 140 countries will meet in Doha, Qatar, to try to accomplish what they failed to do two years ago in Seattle: launch a new multilateral trade negotiation. The consequences of a second failure could be disastrous.... more

Robert Graham: Jospin's journey
September 1, 2001
Lionel Jospin's intellectual journey is more gripping than most among Europe's political leaders. The one-time Trotskyist turned Socialist prime minister is now taking a lead in reaching out to the anti- globalisation movement... more

Richard Tomkins: Why the protests will go on
August 24, 2001
Who holds the key to human happiness? Economists or the anti-globalisation protesters? Perhaps this will be the issue that decides who triumphs as the two slug it out in the court of public opinion... more

Felix Rohatyn: The anti-globalisation protesters have a point
August 20, 2001
Ever since the failed World Trade Organisation meetings in Seattle, it has become apparent that the now-familiar protests accompanying such events merit serious attention. I believe they have three components... more

Editorial comment: A lost cause
August 15, 2001
It is a sorry commentary on the violence threatened by anti- globalisation protesters and the inability of the police to contain them that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are proposing to cut their annual meetings next month to just two days... more

Mike Moore: Unfinished business
August 1, 2001
In just over three months' time the World Trade Organisation will hold the most important ministerial conference of its life. The outcome will determine whether or not the WTO and the multilateral trading system remain relevant to the organisation's 142 member governments... more