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The UK has to arrive at a mutually acceptable constitutional agreement with the members of the European Union to increase its role in European affairs as it can neither sever its ties with the EU nor have partial cooperation. A constitutional engagement with the Union will be helpful if the agreement has elements such as a clear definition of the authority of the countries and the union, which is balanced by the principle of subsidiary, a strong national parliament with a powerful Union counterpart and greater transparency in the working of the European Parliament.

To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2010.02230.x Byline: SHIRLEY WILLIAMS (1), TONY WRIGHT (2) Author Affiliation: (1)Former Labour MP and minister who cofounded the Social Democratic party and has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. (2)Joint editor of The Political Quarterly and Professorial Fellow in the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2009.02156.x Byline: SHIRLEY WILLIAMS (1) Author Affiliation: (1)(1930-) is a former Labour MP and minister, who co-founded the Social Democratic Party and has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

The author discusses nuclear disarmament as of April 2012, focusing on the history and proliferation of nuclear weapons and their impact on international relations between countries such as the U.S., the Soviet Union, Iran, Israel, and North Korea. She describes her experiences with the International Commission on Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament. Topics include the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis, the International Atomic Energy Authority, and treaties including the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Shares views on the 2005 general elections in Great Britain, Lack of an obvious alternative to the New Labour party; Criticisms against the integrity of Prime Minister Tony Blair; Dominance of arcane debates on taxation and spending during the campaign period.

The article discusses the decline of Great Britain's international power in the early- and mid-20th century and its impact on the British Labour Party's foreign policy. The author explains how British weak post-World War II economy forced the country to curtail its aid to nation such as Greece and Turkey and decrease foreign investments, and notes British economic relations with Commonwealth nations, the U.S., and Western Europe.

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in November 2008 was an electric moment for the whole world, a shock in the course of history. The world's most powerful democracy had chosen a black man from a humble background, grandson of a Kenyan peasant who had risen to be a cook in the British Army. It was a truly amazing reaffirmation of the equal opportunity for all that is the stuff of the American dream. Shirley Williams examines the upcoming election and the players. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]