Written by Professor Amelia Hadfield, Founder and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, Director of CIFAL Surrey, and Associate Vice President of External Engagement. A political reset After just two years in office, Keir Starmer has been replaced by Andy Burnham, making him Britain’s seventh prime minister in the decade since the Brexit […]
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Written by Tea Zyberaj. Tea Zyberaj will shortly begin an MA in European Transformation and Integration at the College of Europe in Tirana, supported by a full scholarship from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood. She previously completed a Schuman traineeship at the European Parliament and holds an MSc in European […]
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Written by Dr. Graziella Piga, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Britain and Europe. Graziella is 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. Over recent months, I have had the privilege of contributing to several international […]
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Authored by Zeng Ee Liew (Darill). Darill is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Surrey. His research centres on the diplomatic agency of non-sovereign entities, specifically examining how pro-democracy movements operate internationally. There was huge anticipation amongst both the US and China that the recent state visit made by President Trump to […]
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The past year has seen the Centre for Britain and Europe’s (CBE) work deepen, broaden and, crucially, begin to take root across Surrey in more tangible ways. A main focus has been on strengthening the evidence base while simultaneously increasing connections. Working closely with Surrey Community Action, we delivered a refreshed report of the county’s […]
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Written by Margaryta Khvostova. Rita is a PhD student at the Politics & International Relations department, University of Surrey, specialising in security, hybrid warfare and human rights. Four years ago, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine shattered the post-Cold War European security order – and in doing so, put Europe under the most severe stress test […]
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