UCL EUROPE Blog

Welcome to the UCL European Institute's multi-disciplinary blog featuring Europe-focused academic analysis and commentary from UCL academics, students and external contributors

LATEST POSTS

In Conversation with Typhaine Morillon: Press and Public Relations Officer, European Parliament Liaison Office UK

26 April 2024
In Conversation with Tony Barber: Predictions for the European Elections, Trump II and Your Future as a Young Journalist

23 April 2024
Party Politics in Flux: We Need to Talk about Party People

22 April 2024
Trends in Governance and Policies 2015-2023 vis-a-vis Protection Seekers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight European Countries

15 March 2024
Reflections on the EPP Trip to Brussels

5 March 2024
Alexei Navalny’s most powerful legacy is urging Russians to imagine their country without Putin

4 March 2024
In Conversation with François Hollande

22 February 2024
The Nazi Connection: Elite-School Exchanges Between the Third Reich, Britain and America

22 January 2024
A Legislative Reform for the EU: a Tool For Sustainable Integration

17 January 2024
Unity Through Diversity: Multi-Level Exchange at the EU-UK Youth Summit

15 January 2024
In Conversation with Daniel Bradley: Head of Climate, UK mission to the EU

10 January 2024
Strengthening EU-UK research ties post-Brexit: introducing CONNECTS-UK

11 December 2023
A pandora’s Box: The Horst Wessel Song in the collection “final account: third reich testimonies”

8 December 2023
Moldova And its Rocky Path Towards EU Membership

14 November 2023
Gearing Up For EU Enlargement To Ukraine: Lessons From The 1990s

8 November 2023
Apocalyptic politics Now: An interview with Professor Nomi Lazar

17 October 2023
It’s always the quiet ones: Euroscepticism in Lithuania

13 October 2023
Dr Oliver Gerstenberg: on building a meaningful career and a successful mindset

1 October 2023
The case for a European prize for art

27 September 2023
Albania’s brain drain: why so many young people are leaving and how to get them to stay

9 July 2023
Rebuilding Ukraine: Finding the Right Partners and the Right Plan

22 June 2023
Laïcité, Populism, and the Future of the French Left – an interview of Professor Marlière

30 May 2023
The Missing Link? UK-EU Security Cooperation after Brexit

24 May 2023
The tunnel vision behind measuring regional economic success in Europe

17 May 2023
The Art of Diplomacy: In conversation with Bart Vodderie

10 May 2023
Pan-European Parties: What are they and what influences their domestic success?

5 May 2023
A lost aesthetic? Bringing back French literature by Belle Époque women

26 April 2023
Learning about Possible Futures: How Foresight Analysis improves governance and emergency preparedness

17 April 2023
3 Key Takeaways from Klaus Welle’s Visit to UCL

23 March 2023
Windsor Framework: why Rishi Sunak was able to secure the Brexit deal that others couldn’t

3 March 2023
Twelve Months Since the Beginning of Russia’s Renewed Invasion of Ukraine

23 February 2023
Scotland, Independence and the EU: What did Nicola Sturgeon achieve and where now?

17 February 2023
Multilingual Europe and its plurilingual immigrant parents

9 February 2023
The EU and Ukraine: Strategy and Morality

8 November 2022
Hedging bets: UK business lobbying in Brussels post-Brexit

7 November 2022
Affairs in Berlin: Harold in Germany, Vita in Love

26 September 2022
Scotland’s Independence Debate and the New UK Prime Minister

23 September 2022
Between empire and democracy: the complex legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev

6 September 2022
Gorbachev was no saint. But he was a kind of hero

31 August 2022
Which multipolar partner: Russia or Europe? China’s Ukraine dilemma

19 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): A UCL student perspective

6 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): Promoting and Defending European Values

6 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): Balancing universalist and particularist influences; Navigating uniformity and flexibility

4 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): A view from the Netherlands

4 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): A view from the Czech Republic

1 July 2022
The Values of Europe (Mini-series): A view from Italy

30 June 2022
What will the ongoing changes in Baltic Sea regional security mean for the future?

6 June 2022
This time around, the threat of a Le Pen presidency is real

13 April 2022
Ukraine analyses, Vol. 2

22 March 2022
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Six Elements of an Effective Response

15 March 2022