The most die hard Eurosceptic could not have come up with an idea that more dooms the prospect of a Federal European State than this ill-conceived notion of a so called "fiscal compact".

Global leaders are once again meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland to discuss and – one hopes – find solutions to the increasingly volatile economic and political forces shaping our world.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed Britain's commitment to human rights as he called for reform of the ECHR and urged the court to refocus on the gross violations of human rights.

While the decline of the West is incontestable, the rise of the BRICS remains contestable argues the author and articulates his case in this article.