On the first day of his new presidency, President Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of ‘illegal’ immigrants. A Trump official said: “The federal government will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States.” The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, […]
Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, had a message for our Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer on his visit to Warsaw on Friday 17 January. He said: “I am aware this is a dream of mine, that instead of a Brexit we will have a Breturn.” Mr Tusk, who was previously a President of the […]
When Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016, she famously declared, “Brexit means Brexit”. It was pure gobbledygook. Brexit at that time didn’t mean anything – there was no consensus on what Brexit should entail, not among the electorate, politicians, or even Brexit campaigners themselves.
Mainstream political parties across Europe attempting to see-off far-right political parties by copying them instead of challenging them hasn’t worked. It can’t work. It won’t work. Or as historian Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University said on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “There is good evidence that politics of appeasement […]
Just before the EU referendum, the then USA President, Barack Obama, visited the UK and said he hoped that Britain would stay in the EU. Nigel Farage was having none of it. An American President, he said, had no right to meddle in British affairs. The President, in short, should “butt out”. The Mirror ran […]
It’s time to say goodbye to the UACES family, where I’ve had the honor of serving as Communications Manager and Interim Chair over the past two years. Like everything in life, this journey came with its ups and downs, successes and challenges. Yet, I wouldn’t trade a single moment of it. I can genuinely say […]
Faced with the current state of international politics at the moment, many have been questioning what is the place for diplomacy? With the rise of far-right governments who seek to undermine the role of multilateral cooperation, one could ask: does it even exist anymore? And if so, why is it relevant to study it? My […]
On Tuesday 5 November 2024, the EUHealthGov network held its second event. This one-day knowledge exchange workshop brought together academics, policymakers and practitioners to discuss health law and governance in the context of growing uncertainty and intertwined crises.
I was fortunate enough to receive a UACES microgrant to help fund a month of conducting PhD fieldwork and research in Spain. I am pleased to say the trip was a success, and I gathered not only crucial archival evidence but also managed to establish key original strands of investigation through such findings, which will […]
Abstract This paper examines the European Union’s (EU) approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance, focusing on the period from the publication of Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI (2019) onwards. It explores the EU’s strategy to address its “digital gap” in AI development and adoption. The study employs a theoretical framework synthesizing concepts of AI policy […]
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