Without doubt, Malaysia is the great economic star of the Muslim world. — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance. — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
It is not an accident that developing countries - virtually the whole of East Asia, for example - view the role of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law.… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
When Europe dominated, there were no or few feedback loops. Or, to put it another way, there were few, if any, consequences… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The fact that the Bush administration, and those in Europe who have followed its 9/11-inspired agenda, somehow believe that the future of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama who is… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92%… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Google will be obliged either to accept Chinese regulations or exit the world's largest Internet market, with serious consequences for its long-term… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Neoconservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
An increasingly multipolar world requires an entirely different kind of U.S. foreign policy: far from being unilateralist, it necessitates a complex form… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
When I am back in old Blighty, I am surrounded by the old and familiar concerns: New Labour, Europe, the Middle East… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the list. But… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken on board… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as the fitting… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance -… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal. — Martin Jacques Copy Share
Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a… — Martin Jacques Copy Share
