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Europe – EU
Normative Incoherence in European Foreign Policy and Its Impact on the Role of the EU as a Global Security Actor in and with East Asia
As the European Union (EU) has been shaping its attempt to become a global security actor and provider, it has repeatedly stressed the importance of certain principles and norms both …
Migration, refugees and “diplomatic crisis” in the Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding
On November 2nd, 2022, the Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed for the first time in February 2017, was automatically renewed for three more years without amendments by the Italian …
Is Russia ‘Helping’ EU Green New Deal ? The Green Hydrogen Scenario.
As the world moves towards a zero-emission future, Russia, one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels, is facing a war against Ukraine for its geopolitcal reasons and interests. …
Opinion: The European dream is in danger of evaporating from the Western Balkans
“We are still disappointed, angry and a little bit frustrated, because we got a promise from the European Union that when we deliver, they would deliver — and they failed.” …
Opinion: Labour’s resounding election defeat was about much more than Brexit
Labour lost votes to every other party and in almost every seat in this general election, and countless seats that have been reliable Labour territory for decades have turned blue. …
The Franco-Italian diplomatic crisis
In February, France recalled its ambassador from Rome, which hasn’t happened since Italy declared war on France in June 1940 . Macron, the defender of Europe’s liberal order and the …
The changing landscape of Swedish politics
After an ambiguous election outcome last September, Swedish politics has revolved around who can scrape together the most support in parliament to be able to run the country. With only …
2019 and the Future of Europe
Every five years, citizens of the European Union member states go to the polls to elect their regional representatives to the European Parliament. The elections to the European Parliament are …
The problems with and prospects for European defence integration
The budding, year-long bromance between US president Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron seems to have ended abruptly following a Twitter spat over one of the transatlantic alliance’s …
Britain Inside Europe, Outside the EU – Professor Simon Hix
Simon Hix is the Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. Vincent Chow chats with him about the UK’s relationship with the EU post-Brexit, the …