The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.

Imperial nostalgia correlates strongly with support beyond the main parties: positively with Reform and negatively with the Greens.

Unions hail ‘generational shift’ as legislation introduces new rights on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts Labour’s flagship employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts. Trade unions hailed a “generational shift” for workers’ rights after Tory peers conceded at the 11th hour on the legislation, which the government had promised to pass by Christmas. Royal assent is expected by Thursday. Continue reading...

Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

In a world of bloc politics, what's a good offensive strategy?

Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration Keir Starmer and Europe’s hardline governments risk creating a “hierarchy of people” as they seek to address migration by curbing fundamental rights, Europe’s most senior human rights official has said. Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, said that “middle-of the road politicians” are playing into the hands of the populist right. Continue reading...

The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts

Veronika Fikfak argues that the ECHR is at a tipping point, and urges the Starmer government not to seek a reinterpretation of Article 3, a policy that she views as undermining the very core of the human rights system.

The Trump administration is highly critical of Europe in its national security strategy, while barely mentioning the threats posed by rival great powers.

Violent attacks against women by radicalised men are multiplying on European soil. With the phenomenon only partially understood, an adequate response remains to be found.

Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”. Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties. Continue reading...

Political scientist Carolyn Holmes speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of American interest in South Africa’s white Afrikaaner minority.

The increasing extremism in British commentary about race

With the creation of Your Party and the Green's soaring popularity, Labour is facing a more serious challenge on its left than on its right.

History tells us that any deal that doesn’t come with cast-iron security guarantees for Ukraine is not worth the paper it is written on.

Chancellors don’t want to spook investors.

Like many of you, I suspect, I am wrestling with how best to use (and not use) AI in my daily work. Take blogging. If I just generate posts with ChatGPT, people will probably stop reading. That’s cert...

Podcast Episode · Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · 26/11/2025 · 57m