Perhaps this Is a year when the Nobel Peace Prize gets awarded to no one www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

Just in case anyone thinks this sounds at all plausible. 1) We mark anonymously. 2) You’d have to be very vocal about your political beliefs in seminars for us to register them. 3) We want analysis, evidence and logical reasoning in assessed work not polemic. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...

Kemi Badenoch Claims Young Tories Get Lower Marks At University Because Of Their Politics

The Tory leadership candidate did not offer any evidence to back up her allegation.

"The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia

Keir Starmer says he wants to learn from Italy’s ‘dramatic’ statistics. But a Guardian investigation reveals that EU money goes to officers who are involved in shocking abuse, leaving people to die in...

Refreshing to hear this framing from a political leader in 2024: “The threat of climate change may not feel as urgent as a terrorist or an autocrat. But it is more fundamental. It is systemic, pervasive and accelerating towards us.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK to appoint nature envoy for first time

Exclusive: Labour will also boost environmental efforts by reestablishing climate role cut by Rishi Sunak

Dmitry Gorenburg argues #Ukraine has shaken up the narrative with its Kursk offensive nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ku...

Biden Poised to Approve Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Western Weapons in Russia

Biden Poised to Approve Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Western Weapons in Russia

The topic will be on the agenda Friday with the first visit to Washington by Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer.

"Who Will Defend Europe" is out from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social@kclcgs.bsky.social@natashakuhrt.bsky.social@drjademcglynn.bsky.socialwww.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

The new UK government’s focus on law enforcement and border security will not prevent deaths at sea. There is little evidence that restrictive and harmful deterrence policies are effective. They may also encourage people to attempt ever more dangerous crossings. www.hrw.org/news/2024/09...

UK Summit on Small Boat Crossing Fails to Address Deaths at Sea

Last week, the United Kingdom home secretary convened a summit with ministers, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement bodies to discuss small boat crossings, focused on stopping “smuggling gangs.”...

As debate predictions go, this one stood up well: "As much as we’d like to, however, we are likely to learn very little about either candidate’s views on U.S. foreign policy and the state of the world tonight ... That’s especially unfortunate this year." I explain why in the piece. (Gift link.)

What We Won’t Learn From the U.S. Presidential Debate Could Hurt Us

The world has changed dramatically since 2020, making U.S. foreign policy even more challenging for whoever wins the presidential election.

The elephant outside the room here is the UK. It is inconceivable that the EU can achieve the kind of strategic autonomy it goes on about without involving the UK defence industry. www.politico.eu/article/mari... (1/2)

Defense firms need full access to EU cash as Putin haunts Europe, Draghi says

Looming threats must spark major rethink of European defense policy, according to draft of new report seen by POLITICO.