Pierce Leslie
Britain’s disability-benefit debate is commonly framed as a choice between containing spending and protecting claimants. Pierce Leslie argues that a better settlement would instead distinguish income protection from employment support and make it safer for people with partial or fluctuating capacity to work Read more
Veronica Anghel
Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the European Union. Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones claim that the result prevents Iceland from seeking a formal decision-making role for now, but changes nothing about how deeply Iceland already participates in the European project Read more
Murad Gafarov
Recent wars in Ukraine and Iran have raised the South Caucasus's strategic value to the EU. Murad Gafarov argues Brussels should move beyond engaging Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia case by case, building a permanent strategy around the region's shared interdependence instead Read more
Agnese Pacciardi
At the end of July, over the space of two days, around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The largest such crossing on record, it became the first real-world test of the EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum. Agnese Pacciardi says the crisis resulted in weakened solidarity between member states, rushed deportations, and the neglect of human rights Read more
Pierce Leslie
Britain’s debate over private schooling often treats fairness as a choice between a divided system and a common one. Pierce Leslie argues that equality depends on whether funding, capacity and accountability reach the pupils who need them most Read more
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