March 2013, Year V, n. 3
Erik Jones
Cyprus is close to Sicily, right?
Telos: As analysts, providing your clients with insight and advice on how political change can impact
on market dynamics, you and your team at Oxford Analytica enjoy a privileged point of view to
observe the economic and political forces driving change in Europe. We are sure that no one of our
readers could ever imagine a job more fascinating than yours! Could you give us a flavour of what it
is all about?
Erik Jones: You have a very flattering way of describing what we do – for which, many thanks. The reality is that we work as teams. The goal is to help our clients combine expertise that is multi-disciplinary and also region- or country-specific. To do that, we draw upon a network of some 1500 contributors from across the globe, including economists, political scientists, sociologists, historians and lawyers. It also includes people who specialize on just about every region and country that you can name ... more
Editorial
We have a very special reason to be proud of this month’s issue: it is not only the interviewee’s standing, but the fact that, for us, reading his answers is like looking in the mirror (no offense taken!). In fact, Prof. Jones combines his academic activity with that as political analyst, which is also an increasingly important part of our own job ... more
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