We’re in the throes of watching the American century end and a new multipolar order come into being. The EU is looking to boost the euro’s reserve currency role in response. What part for the UK?… Read More »
Richard Demarco’s ‘Festival of Thought’ to counter rise of Reform UK
Martin Roche interviewed Richard Demarco – artist, author, organiser and cultural innovator – on the eve of his 95th birthday. Fiercely pro-European, Demarco proposed a new “Festival of Thought”.… Read More »
Restoring Faith in Scottish Politics
Writing in The Scotsman on 12th July, Stephen Gethins, the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry and EMiS Executive Committee member, urged Scotland to follow Denmark and adopt Folkemødet… Read More »
What Britain Looks like After Brexit – Reflections
Anthony Cary reflects on Daniel Hannan’s article from June 2016 about post-Brexit Britain in 2025: https://www.eiag.org.uk/reflections-hannans-comic-masterpiece-of-june-2016-what-britain-looks-like-after-brexit/
Rogue States and the State of our Democracies
Last Saturday night, the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordo (and other sites), joining in Israel’s ten day war against Iran. By Monday night, President Trump was declaring he’d sorted an Israel-Iran ceasefire. A few hours later, on Tuesday morning, as it seemed both Iran and Israel, most of all, had broken the ceasefire, Trump posted that neither side knew “what the fuck they’re doing” – although apparently Trump and the US did.… Read More »
Make Europe Great Again
American and European Far Right ideologues are joining forces to promote the dismemberment of the modern settlement and impose a reactionary future.… Read More »
EU/UK Summit, 19 May 2025 – A Good Restart
An analysis of the Summit on 19 May 2025 between Prime Minister Starmer and the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council by Sir Alan Dashwood KC, member… Read More »
Spring Newsletter
Given the scale of what we achieve at EMiS, I often think we forget that we are a voluntary organisation with only one member of staff. And yet what we achieve with our very small budget is often something more akin to what a very large organisation would attempt.… Read More »