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Is Olaf Scholz’s European foreign policy failing?

Dr Nicholas Wright is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Surrey’s Centre for Britain in Europe. A version of this article was published previously on the Encompass website. Since becoming chancellor at the head of Germany’s first three-party federal level coalition in December 2021, Olaf Scholz has enjoyed a torrid time. On assuming office, […]


CBE Scholarship Award

By Sam Moffoot, Winner of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Undergraduate Scholarship for Academic year 2021-22 The paper for which I have been awarded the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Undergraduate Scholarship was submitted as a part of the module European Security and Diplomacy, a module I was keen to take due to its […]


Truss Time ? Tackling the First Challenges of an Ailing Britain

It’s all change at No 10. Team Truss has transformed to PM Truss, her campaign into government policy. What can we expect? As per her inaugural remarks from the steps of Downing Street, she has three immediate priorities: Get Britain working again through taxation that rewards hard work and reforms that prioritise building homes, infrastructure […]


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