We knew it was coming. But what does the government’s March 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Developkment and Foreign Policy(to give the document its proper name) actually mean?[1] Is it a bold new venture? Or reworked diplomatic niceties? A new dawn for a new Britain? Or an attempt to heal the wounds of Brexit on […]
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The following blog appeared in The Conversation on 18 January 2021: https://theconversation.com/unrest-in-the-us-has-prompted-soul-searching-in-europe-153463. In the wake of the shocking events in Washington, DC, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, published a blog laden with sound and fury, beseeching Europeans to heed the “wake-up call for all democracy advocates around the world world” and to “stand up immediately to every […]
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Three things fill me with hope for 2021. First, the increasingly likely chances that a number of the recently-developed vaccines will be widely available, allowing a return to some (if not all) pre-Covid freedoms. Second, recent research suggesting that international students retain positive attitudes to those countries like the UK who have remained open during […]
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