Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, like his parents before him, has given his life to the cause of democracy in South Africa. He was born in the Transkei in June 1942 to two teachers who brought him up in an…

The Kurdish question is often on the international agenda. But Western governments are not keen on tackling it. It seems insoluble. Every time a glimmer of hope of finding a solution appears, it…

During the nineties the membership of the International has doubled from close to 70 members in all categories to more than 130. We also now maintain relations and work with some 70 other…

At the end of October 1998 Mitch the most terrible hurricane to have hit the American continent did severe damage to three Central American countries. This meteorological phenomenon registered…

Ramón Rubial, a former President of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, PSOE, and an Honorary President of the Socialist International, who spent many years of his life in prison for his party and…

An age full of possibilities  President of the Socialist International, Pierre Mauroy, former Prime Minister of France, looks at the important issues of the day   Globalisation:…

  History is never written in advance. Its path follows progress, but also reverses. Willy Brandt reminded us of this in one of his last messages, in September 1992: `Now as at no other time…

We are now faced with the major financial crisis of recent decades. Is it a surprise? I would say no. I think that what we have been facing was predictable and eventually unavoidable. Why?…

There are four elements of the global scene which all of us involved in international affairs must recognise. Firstly, I believe that the so-called Washington Consensus of the 1980s and 1990s, or…

Clearly the topic of how we can ensure that world markets work better on behalf of everyone is more important than ever. It is one of the main vocations of the SI to allow us a forum, in the…