The November presidential election victory for Donald Trump, followed by Republican successes in holding the House and taking back the Senate was a shock to many in Europe, but should not have been a surprise. While the Democrats deployed a well-organised and seemingly-effective traditional ground game targeting women, the young and minorities – supposedly the […]
Read more
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. […]
Read more
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. […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Comment