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Dan Sillett
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Labour are Losing the UK's Tax Tug of War
With the dawn of the new tax year on Saturday, the dreaded T-word is on everybody’s lips for different reasons. On one hand, you have the...


Benjamin Edgar
Apr 9, 20245 min read
UK Universities are on the Brink of Bankruptcy
The UK has always been a world-leader in university education; home to the famous Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London and many...

Caitlin Hoyland
Apr 6, 20245 min read
The Cost of Tory Tax 'Cuts'
As the general election looms, our increasingly fatigued and desperate Prime Minister has whipped out the tried and tested, albeit...


Dan Sillett
Apr 5, 20244 min read
UK Waters Full of Sewage: Let’s Flush the Failing Water Companies
Every year in spring, 16 rowers plus two passengers barking orders sprint along the River Thames in London. I’m of course talking about...


Hugh Lind
Apr 1, 20243 min read
The Economy Won’t Save Rishi and the Conservative Party
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Tories are on the verge of an existential defeat. Sam Freedman, a fellow at the Institute for...


Dan Sillett
Mar 8, 20244 min read
UK Budget: Brilliant, Unorthodox Conservatism
On Wednesday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget. Like any budget, that clearly needs analysing – which is my main goal...


Nikita Triandafillidis
Feb 26, 20244 min read
Conquest of the Arctic: Defence of the Eagle
The Arctic Circle is undeniably the new battlefront of a 21st century Cold War between West and East. The rise of China as a strategic...


Nikita Triandafillidis
Feb 16, 20245 min read
Conquest of the Arctic: The Expansion of the Polar Bear
With approximately 2.5 million Arctic inhabitants and a land coverage of about 53% of the Arctic coastline, Russia has a strong...


Kashif Anwar
Feb 15, 20244 min read
Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Caught Between China and the Semiconductor Industry
We live in a time of rapidly changing technology and geopolitics. As such, the tech relationships relating to trade, power, and research...


Petra Pavlovicova
Feb 14, 20243 min read
Repercussions for Slovakia: Criminal Code Change Risks EU Funds and Scare Business
Slovakia may lose EU funding due to changes in criminal legislation, and investors have taken serious notice. On February the 9th, a...


Nikita Triandafillidis
Jan 9, 20244 min read
Desperate Dysfunctional Canada: Can Populist Pierre Poilievre Repair the Damage?
Unlike its neighbour to the south, Canada tends to be overlooked, projecting a false sense of political stability, even stagnation....


Adelie Aubin
Jan 2, 20243 min read
European Recession on the Horizon
High-interest rates, low economic growth, fiscal mishaps and enduring inflation: an explosive cocktail is hindering the Eurozone’s...


Cecilia Jastrzembska
Dec 29, 20234 min read
Hope On The Horizon for British Youth: Is The Door Reopening For Erasmus+?
Recently, the UK passed the final milestone in rejoining Horizon Europe, the EU's rapidly expanding funding scheme for research and...


Lucy Gardner
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Chokehold: Are the sanctions on Russia really as effective as the West claims?
Western media and governments are fond of claiming that their dynamic economic sanctions against Russia following the 2022 invasion of...


Taylor Green
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Argentina’s Seismic Shift: From Centre-Left Stronghold to Anarcho-Capitalism
In a strange turn, Argentina has voted in their first openly anarcho-capitalist leader, Javier Milei. Milei has become the president of...


Lucy Gardner
Nov 24, 20234 min read
Russian State Energy: Are things heating up again?
It is well known that in 2022, the majority of exports by state-backed energy giants such as Gazprom and Rosatom were heavily...


Dan Sillett
Nov 23, 20234 min read
UK Autumn Statement: Running off a cliff with no road to stand on?
When I was young, I loved watching slapstick cartoons: Tom and Jerry, Pink Panther, Looney Tunes, and Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner....


Ewan Edwards
Nov 22, 20233 min read
Ethiopia's Prime Minister wants Red Sea access: are we close to war in East Africa?
Three decades have passed since Ethiopia found itself severed from its own coastline, transforming into a landlocked nation heavily...


Lucy Gardner
Nov 21, 20234 min read
North Korea: Too Cold to Handle?
North Korea has long been the subject of fascination and fear in the West and for many of its Western-aligned neighbours. Every few...


Adelie Aubin
Nov 14, 20234 min read
EU Enlargement: Is Less More?
Earlier this month, the European Commission recommended open accession negotiations to Moldova and Ukraine and candidate status to...
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