The cost to Tata of purchasing Land Rover and Jaguar may have been small, but its wider symbolic significance is enormous. — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U.S. and Japan. They have never… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is allowed. Tibet has been… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
China is, indeed, in so many ways, not like the West. It is not even primarily a nation state but a civilisation… — 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
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy… — 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
It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races,… — 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
