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Germany's Coalition Government: Destination Unknown?
When it comes to key issues such as Covid-19 policymaking, foreign policy and government unity, is Germany drifting to an unknown destination?
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
- Progressive Politics
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Business, Government and Policy-making Capacity: UK Energy and Net Zero Transitions
The UK is not on track to meet its next Climate Change Act targets or the goal of Net Zero by 2050. How should we view government-business relations when it comes to sustainable energy policy making?
- Trade
- Environment
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Northern Ireland once again stands at the crossroads
With Brexit, the Protocol and upcoming elections, Northern Ireland once again stands at a crossroads.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Ireland
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An open letter to Conservative MPs
The Conservatives' continued support for Boris Johnson despite his Fixed Penalty Notice from the Metropolitan Police comes at a cost to democracy itself.
- Conservative Party
- Parliament
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Review: Three books on China today
Three books that between them cover the dominant features of China today.
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Power at all costs: Twenty years of Erdoğan
Democratic norms have never been sacred to President Erdoğan. The last two decades give ample reason to believe he will seek to preserve his power at all costs.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
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Big Tech Lobbying in the EU
Investigating lobbying by US digital platforms, the so-called Big Tech, with regard to the Digital Markets Act, and analysing whether lobbying on the Digital Markets Act fits with academic analysis of the general properties of corporate lobbying in the EU.
- Trade
- Media
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The divisions and concessions behind Conservative immigration policy
The Conservatives have long been split on immigration policy. The business lobby places significant pressure for concessions. Lately, they have been making their criticisms public.
- Conservative Party
- Immigration
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With Putin’s Invasion, the EU has a Golden Opportunity to Reinforce the Rule of Law to Member States
The rule of law is one of the fundamental values of the European Union, and a prerequisite for the protection of all the other values of the Union, including for fundamental rights and democracy. 2021 may have been its bumpiest year yet.
- Equality
- Human Rights
- Courts
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Industrial Policies or Industrial Strategy: The Difficulty of Enacting Long-Term Supply-Side Reform in the UK
The government's recent ditching of Theresa May's interventionist ‘Industrial Strategy’ and its replacement with the ‘Plan for Growth’ has dismayed many. But the move exemplifies the UK's ad hoc, short-termist and ideologically driven industrial strategy.
- Conservative Party
- Work & Trade Unions
- Trade
