Ruairidh Brown
As Keir Starmer prepares to vacate 10 Downing Street, his unwavering opposition to Vladimir Putin has been hailed as his finest, most ‘statesmanlike’ achievement. Ruairidh Brown argues this assessment is fundamentally mistaken. Starmer stretched the trope of British leaders re-fighting the Second World War to its breaking point Read more
Dennis Shen
Andy Burnham’s expected arrival in Downing Street may end Labour’s leadership crisis, but Dennis Shen says it has opened a far larger debate about Britain’s economic future. As markets assess the implications of a Burnham premiership, questions are emerging over fiscal policy, Britain’s vulnerability to bond market pressures and whether Labour may gradually move closer towards Europe by the next general elections Read more
Tutku Zengin
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, dominates headlines as the face of the party’s populism. However, Tutku Zengin's analysis of 1,108 statements from all five Reform UK parliamentarians elected in the 2024 general election reveals that Farage is not the most populist among elected Reform UK politicians Read more
Maya Ikene
The EU's ambition to strengthen defence cooperation is exposing new tensions at the heart of EU leadership. Maya Ikene argues that the Future Combat Air System reveals the limits of the Franco-German 'engine' of European integration and why future European defence initiatives may require broader coalitions beyond Paris and Berlin Read more
Alexander Davenport
A growing share of Western European electorates holds a set of ideological positions to which only liberal parties can adequately cater, argues Alexander Davenport. While this has yet to bring increased success for most parties, the potential remains for them to reshape politics in the region Read more
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