The UK’s EU Referendum: the 1975 Precedent and Today’s Vote (Bruegel Policy Contribution)
I’m publishing today a new Policy Contribution for Bruegel, on the forthcoming vote about the UK’s EU membership.
I’m publishing today a new Policy Contribution for Bruegel, on the forthcoming vote about the UK’s EU membership.
The State Department has released about 300 of Hillary Clinton’s emails on 22 May 2015 under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This collection of emails reflects many of the issues and frustrations associated with research in digitalised archives.
As it begins its EU renegotiation, the UK risks antagonising even close allies such as Germany.
Hillary Clinton used her personal email while she was Secretary of State: this raises interesting questions in terms of archival practice and for the historian’s work.
The HSBC tax evasion scandal and the so-called Swissleaks brought to the fore one of the most classic financial strategies of the past half century: the internationalisation of banking to offshore centres practicing lax regulatory and supervisory regime.
With its international supervisory and regulatory implications, the failure of Bankhaus Herstatt is one of the landmarks of post-war financial history. This article offers the first comprehensive historical account of the Herstatt crisis, and contributes to the wider discussions on international supervisory and regulatory reform since the mid-1970s.