Centre for Britain and Europe blog

All the latest British and European politics news.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Generational Raging against the dying of the (European) Light

Written by Philippe Lefevre, CBE Associate Director and PhD candidate at the Politics Departments, University of Surrey Ten years ago, Britain held an enviable position in Europe, with thousands of civil servants embedded across European institutions, free-movement of our people, and the country shaping European policy at its core and bringing that expertise back home. […]


British Perspectives on the 2024 US Election: “Mind your own damn business’ or swing-state Britain?”

Written by Nikolai Kutsch with Professor Amelia Hadfield. Nikolai is an undergraduate international exchange student from North Carolina State University, North Carolina, US, who is studying Politics this year at the University of Surrey. He is joined in this blog by Professor Amelia Hadfield, Head of Politics and International Relations at the University of Surrey. […]


Welcoming CBE’s new Visiting Research Fellow, Dr. Graziella Piga!

We are pleased to welcome the our new CBE Visiting Research Fellow Dr. Graziella Piga, a Senior Expert in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Women Peace and Security who has worked with numerous impactful institutions including UN Women, UNHCR, and OSCE. In her own words: “I’m delighted to announce that I’ve joined the Centre for Britain […]


Government Strategies for the Greener Good – CBE-MHA Lecture Series

Written by Kieran Davies. Kieran is currently a BSc International Relations student at the University of Surrey On the 20th of March 2024, the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), under the University of Surrey, invited students to attend a joint event in collaboration with MHA, an independent member firm of Baker Tilly International, hosted […]


Political Upheaval in the Netherlands: Unraveling the Controversial Dutch Elections of 2023 and the Rise of Geert Wilders

Written by Mateo Suarez-Mash (International Relations MSc) and Theano Ntokou (Public Affairs MSc) both authors have been awarded CBE Studentships An unexpected fall of the Dutch government in July 2023 resulted in an interesting electoral battle that appears to trouble the national political scene. More specifically, citizens of the Netherlands cast their votes on 22 November […]


Holding it all together: leadership and party cohesion

Jeremy Pattison graduated from the University of Surrey in 2023 with an MSc in Public Affairs and was awarded the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence postgraduate prize for the best dissertation produced on one of the four CBE substantive themes. The summer of 2022 was, as far as British politics was concerned, all about leadership […]


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