The state that mints the money that everyone wants has soft power. Soft power is the power of persuasion.In today’s context, consider the power the US dollar gives the United States. Oil, copper, ...

As befits a country at the crossroads of Europe, through which Napoleon, Charles X of Sweden, Hitler’s Wehrmacht and, of course, Stalin’s Red Army trampled, Vilnius is a city of ghosts. Before the ...

This week two global reports underscored the extraordinary education revolution that has taken place in Ireland. We are now the most educated country on the planet, above Singapore and Switzerland ...