J. Peter Burgess

Architectural details: an ornate iron clock, a steel girder marked 12, Art Nouveau ironwork, a grand iron hall, a cobblestone plaza, and a modernist ramp

Tag: Treaty of Lisbon

  • What can we ask of a treaty?

    The New York Times has recently taken to reporting on the failures of the Lisbon Treaty, manifested by the visible growing pains in the new leadership structures of the European Union (here).  To be sure, The Times is hardly alone in noting what seems to be a problem in the implementation of the New Europe.… Read more →