United List, the party of Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, won a record share of seats in Latvia's 2026 election amid a shift toward the radical right.

Miqdad Asaria discusses why we need to fix society to protect the environment and how board games can help us think big about climate change.

The United States remains the world’s most powerful country, but Donald Trump’s second presidency has coincided with a marked decline in its global leadership.

Miqdad Asaria discusses why we need to fix society to protect the environment and how board games can help us think big about climate change.

The EU’s offer of associate membership to Canada shows European independence is not about eliminating interdependence with other states.

Zeitenwende has a complicated history in German politics that helps explain the public mood swings lying behind the rise of the AfD.

Zeitenwende has a complicated history in German politics that helps explain the public mood swings lying behind the rise of the AfD.

The prospect of new governments taking a harsher line in Brussels means there is pressure to secure an EU budget deal before the end of the year.

Europe’s weakness in breakthrough technologies remains a constraint. Escaping it will require a coalition of the willing ready to commit jointly and move first.

Europe's strategic autonomy rests on keeping science open and secure while ensuring capacity extends beyond a small group of wealthy universities and states.

As qualitative data is increasingly produced & analysed by AI, do secondary data analysis methods provide a way of maintaining ethical standards of data reuse?

Presenting themselves as common people has become a bit of trend among UK elites and politicians. This strategy is surprisingly effective, but with limits.

Iceland's EU referendum result was not so much a rejection of Europe as a refusal to find out what potential EU membership would involve.

Family reunification visas in Europe increasingly have strict conditions attached. Yet new research suggests these restrictions have limited public support.

Could new peace talks produce a breakthrough in Cyprus? The presence of moderate political leaders on both sides has created a rare window for progress.

Putin’s potential successors should be told they can expect a strategic partnership with Europe if Russia makes a just peace with Ukraine

Russian job applicants who disclose voluntary military service in Ukraine receive around a third fewer callbacks from employers than similar former conscripts.

Andy Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street promises a new approach to UK-EU relations – the focus must now be on what Britain and the EU can build together.

When it comes to early release from prison, the Government should not decide based on the type of crime committed, but on what will cause the least suffering.

In Against Post-Liberalism, political theorist Paul Kelly offers a critique of post-liberalism and a defence of egalitarian "common-good" liberal politics.

The CredIT taxonomy has become a feature of academic publishing, but has its potential for creating research insights been fully exploited?

Many Ukrainian refugees in the UK actively distance themselves from the “refugee” label, embracing an identity that echoes their portrayal in European media.

AI in farming could help us better understand what animals need. But a clear policy framework is needed to ensure AI improves rather than harms animal welfare.

Central bankers are widely regarded as rational technocrats, but sometimes their speeches make frequent use of religious metaphors and spiritual language.

High ticket prices at the 2026 FIFA World Cup were heavily criticised by football supporters, but the price of European club football also merits attention.

The Ceuta border crisis shows border management must move beyond physical barriers and place greater emphasis on monitoring the spread of information online.

Granting voting rights to immigrants in Spain has had little impact on party vote or seat shares, removing one of the main objections to the policy.

For hundreds of years, modern science has relied on peer-review to certify and to distribute new claims. But AI is changing research.

The Credibility Crisis in Science by Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer explores how researcher incentives and publication bias distort scientific knowledge

Economics expertise is the exception to the rule for a UK Chancellor. But Chancellors, like John Healey, usually come with experience in the Treasury.

Andy Burnham's ascent from mayor to prime minister has been treated as unprecedented, but in Europe the road from city hall to power is well travelled.

The EU is often portrayed as “failing forward” during crises, with imperfect solutions driving the European integration process forward over time.

There has been a surprising shift in people's attitudes toward the EU since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, especially among Eurosceptic citizens.

Should the EU ban young people from accessing social media? Rather than restricting children’s access to digital life, the EU should regulate platforms instead.

The lesson from Ukraine, Iran and other recent conflicts is that military superiority alone no longer guarantees decisive political success.

Do Europeans still like Americans? New survey evidence shows Europeans are still positive about Americans, even if they dislike Trump, but this may not last.

Economists who would abandon growth to prevent climate change have done their calculations on the planet, but they have not done them on voters.

Foreign investment funds a large share of EU decarbonisation, underlining that the green transition cannot be built with domestic firms and subsidies alone.

FIFA's ticket pricing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup shows the need for the EU to regulate algorithmic pricing in its EU Digital Fairness Act.

European economies face a critical threat from Chinese exports, but Beijing' strategy is also increasingly complicated by its own domestic challenges.

As Europe battles yet another heatwave, the economic case for investing in climate adaptation is becoming increasingly clear.

Britain's reputation as an “awkward partner” within the EU obscures the deep involvement the UK had in shaping the trajectory of the integration process.

After Keir Starmer announced he will be resigning, the UK is about to have its seventh PM since the Brexit referendum, ten years ago. That's not a coincidence.

In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.

In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.

To reset UK-EU higher education relations, it is important to disentangle the consequences of Brexit from the wider problems of the UK university sector.

Brexit has had a profound negative impact on the United Kingdom that was entirely foreseeable at the time of the 2016 referendum.

Polling suggests most UK voters think Brexit was a mistake but could Britain rejoin the EU? Iain Begg lists eight reasons why rejoining remains highly unlikely.

One of the great ironies of Brexit is that it has underlined the reality of Britain and Europe’s continued interdependence.