Interview – Lewis Bush
Lewis Bush talks about the utilisation of visual art to comment on global issues such as Brexit, the European debt crisis, Trump and state practices of espionage.
Review – Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment
Rather than a lesson on the economics of bailouts and austerity, Varoufakis’ memoir reads like a treatise on the politics of sovereign debt restructuring during crises.
Social Media Europe and the Rise of Comedy in Global Diplomacy
As the EU seeks to rebuild its public image in terms that millennials understand, it cannot laugh away the hierarchical power relations that pushed it to this point.
Review – Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism
Ian Bremmer argues that the shortcomings of globalism have been channeled into ‘us vs. them politics’, however the solutions he offers need to be broadened.
Interview – Matthew Goodwin
Matthew Goodwin talks about his new book National Populism, the upcoming Swedish elections, eurosceptic and pro-European political parties, and the Brexit referendum.
Brexit and UK HEIs
Brexit poses issues for UK HEIs, but these need to be contextualised amidst wider changes facing the sector in mature industrialised economies such as the UK.
Brexit and the Fight against Terrorism in the United Kingdom
The exit of the UK from the EU will strengthen the resolve of the country to combat terrorism not only within its borders but within the European community as a whole.
The UK: No Longer a Benevolent Patron
The UK’s decision to leave the EU, in particular, has initiated a set of centrifugal forces in the relationship between the UK and its Territories.
Brexit and Arms Sales to the Philippines: A Reactive Approach to Human Rights
While difficult to prove that UK weapons are directly used to human suffering in the Philippines, there is a possibility that they were directly or indirectly used.
In Varietate Concordia: How Path Dependency Affects the Brexit Negotiations
Britain has been, to quote Stephen George, an ‘awkward partner’ with warm feelings for European integration only present among pockets of society.
