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Climate Change: Is Securitisation The Answer?
The climate crisis is amongst the greatest existential threats facing humanity. Yet we seem to have done very little about it. Despite...
Haley Flower
Feb 22, 20254 min read


Europe's Most Dangerous Fantasy
Illustration by Will Allen A peculiar delusion stalks European policy circles: that Russian energy might once again prove Europe's...
Jack Rowlett
Feb 19, 20254 min read


‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ in Africa: Aid or Exploitation?
In September 2024, Beijing hosted the ninth China-Africa Cooperation Forum, bringing together 51 African leaders as President Xi Jinping...
Arsima Bereketab
Feb 17, 20254 min read


Fiscal Rules and the Government’s Ministry of Truth
In today’s political discourse, it seems the only question worth asking the British government is, ‘how will you pay for that? ’ Several...
Andres De Miguel
Feb 13, 20255 min read


Power Without Legitimacy: What Colombia’s Example Reveals About Great Powers
The recent episode between Colombia and the United States, where Colombia invoked treaties to request respect for human rights and the...
Selene López
Feb 10, 20253 min read


DeepSeek: The New Kid On The AI Playground
A new AI has emerged, capturing global attention and making waves across industries. DeepSeek, a China-developed chatbot, is proving to...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Feb 5, 20253 min read


Why Labour’s Devolution Plan Could Mean Less Power to the People
Last December, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced the English Devolution White Paper . It encapsulated Labour’s approach to...
Luke Goddard
Feb 3, 20254 min read


How to Mobilise European Capital
Digitalisation, decarbonisation and deglobalisation are the three key pillars to the next investment surge. McKinsey & Company estimated...
Louis Gilmore
Feb 1, 20253 min read


Artificial Intelligence - Britain’s First Concrete Brexit Benefit
Growth elusive, markets skittish, and polling dire - it has not been the best of starts to the new year for UK Prime Minister Keir...
Jack Rowlett
Jan 27, 20254 min read


50 Years Later, Hayek’s Ideas Are Still Relevant
50 years ago, Friedrich Hayek won the Nobel Prize for his work on the nature of knowledge and why fully controlling societal and economic...
Ogechukwu Egwuatu
Jan 19, 20253 min read


Azerbaijan Proves COP Is Not Fit For Purpose
When, a few days into the most recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP), respected figures in the field of climate policy published an...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Jan 13, 20256 min read


Democracy in the Mirror of China's Governance Model
2024 will be remembered as a year when liberal democracies worldwide grappled with unprecedented instability. France cycled through four...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Jan 11, 20253 min read


Reflections on the Climate Crisis
Just last week, around three million individuals were sent an emergency alert from the Government, warning of severe risks from Storm...
Zoe Wreford
Jan 2, 20253 min read


Argentina's First Year Under Milei: Chainsaws and Poverty
In 2023, Argentinians voted for the nuclear option that had emerged in the face of dissatisfaction with traditional political forces....
Victor Elizondo
Jan 1, 20253 min read


Addressing the Housing Crisis in Spain: Will the New Public Housing Company be the Solution?
Housing prices in Europe have increased exponentially in recent years. According to Eurostat data , prices and rents have respectively...
Steffany González
Dec 27, 20244 min read


Trump’s Anti-China Trade Gambit - Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty
Donald Trump’s plan to reimpose tariffs on Chinese good s as a central element of his 2024 campaign has reignited debates around his...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Dec 24, 20243 min read


Germany’s car industry is collapsing - and we should all be worried
Wolfsburg is not a beauty, that is for sure. The city in North Germany is one of the country’s many “factory towns”, its skyline...
Julius Buhl
Dec 17, 20244 min read


Trump won’t fix the US economy, and here’s why
The economy was the main reason cited by Trump supporters when asked why they voted for the Republican candidate in the 2024 US...
Steffany González
Dec 10, 20244 min read


Sanctions: the Accelerated End of the Liberal World Order
Sanctions have become the U.S. and Europe’s go-to response to international disputes, providing quick, clean, and non-military means to...
Ned Johnson
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Political Hauntology and a New Economic Paradigm
In his 1993 book Spectres of Marx , Jaques Derrida introduced the concept of Hauntology as he saw it; where the modern state of reality...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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