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  • What does a Trump presidency mean for Europe?
    Expert on US and EU affairs Lord Kerr of Kinlochard in online conversation with Alyn Smith President-elect Donald Trump will become the 47th leader of the United States on 20th January. He has already sent shock waves across the world with his proposals to bring Greenland and Panama under US… Read More »
  • A new way to govern Scotland: co-opposition
    Labour and Plaid Cymru ran Wales pretty successfully for three years (2021-24) without a formal coalition. Could Swinney and Sarwar take a leaf out of the same boat?… Read More »
  • UK a Small Economy Bystander as Geopolitical Instability Grows
    What would you do if you were Keir Starmer now? Would you rejoin the EU, meet China’s President Xi Jinping, stop supplying arms to Israel, encourage the Chancellor to free up regulations on bankers’ bonuses, adopt a ‘pragmatic’ approach to Trump’s election victory or tell the UK public they don’t have to change their behaviour in the face of out of control climate change?… Read More »
  • The EU in the World: Rising to Today’s Challenges or Losing Influence?
    As Europeans look nervously towards the outcome of the US presidential election, there is no shortage of articles exploring how a Trump or a Harris presidency will impact on the European Union (for a good overview see this FT piece by Tony Barber). And, unsurprisingly, with the exception of some of the EU’s far right politicians such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, there is widespread concern at the deep impact a Trump presidency would have. The outgoing president of the European Council, Charles Michel, has said a Trump victory would be a wake-up call for Europe “to act more to take our destiny in our own hands.”… Read More »
  • Council of the Nations and Regions: seven questions Scotland’s First Minister must put
    Keir Starmer is due to chair the inaugural meeting of the UK government’s newly created ‘Council of the Nations and Regions’ in Scotland this Friday. The summit is due to focus on investment and growth ahead of a much bigger international investment summit to be held in London the following Monday.… Read More »

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