Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
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African states and their development partners must protect ECOWAS regional integration efforts.
Government policy that provides certainty to immigrants will improve integration and, ultimately, boost the economy
Five ideas based on solutions in other countries that could help bring the various players to the table.
The government’s plan to override the Northern Ireland protocol breaches the UK’s legal obligations.
The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet as we know it.
Third-country nationals are left powerless in the face of bureaucracies of asylum with only the help of others in the same situation.
The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
EU member states are increasingly turning towards single-issue referendums to decide major constitutional issues.
Inspired by François Mitterrand’s idea of a European confederation, French president Emmanuel Macron has outlined the idea of a political body that would be separate from the EU.
Putin has a history of forcing civilians to migrate during a conflict, part of a broader strategy to overwhelm other countries with new refugees and destabilize their economies.
Up to 42,000 tonnes a year of microplastics are removed from sewage, spread on fields as fertiliser and eventually wash back into watercourses.
Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is against allowing two Nordic countries to join NATO over what he deems their support of ‘terrorists.’ His opposition will test the alliance’s unity.
By changing the rules around bank lending, you can make a huge cut to national debt.
Italian aid workers charged with helping migrants travel through the country were acquitted in May 2022. But migrants are often not well received in Europe, despite a welcome of Ukrainian refugees.
While it is tempting to view the war in Ukraine as a metaphor for some larger struggle between a tolerant West and an intolerant East, the reality is inevitably far more complex.
Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government recently decided to review its safety.
Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?
For all its imperfection, the EU still represents the best chance for regional peace and stability – little wonder Ukraine wants to join.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Head of Department of Politics, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer in European Politics, University of Bristol
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Professor of Law, King's College London
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
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Professor of Economics, UCL
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast
