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Burnham: Cancelling Brexit
The New Prime Minister’s First Great Test
In a remarkable turn of events, Andy Burnham returned to Parliament after Josh Simons, the MP for Makerfield, resigned his seat, allowing Burnham to contest and win the subsequent by-election. As a result of his…
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July 16th, 2026
The Drama of Nations: Why Argentina–England Was More Than a Football Match
What a World Cup semi-final reveals about creativity, culture and the future of human excellence
July 16th, 2026
250 Years of America: Is Alexis de Tocqueville Still Right About America?
The Democracy Tocqueville Saw and the Republic We See Today
July 12th, 2026
250 Years After American Independence: Why Sartre Still Matters to Western Democracy
Mauvaise foi and L’enfer, c’est les autres: Freedom, Responsibility and the Political Culture of Democratic Societies
July 12th, 2026
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? War, Memory and the Return of Historical Repetition
Pete Seeger’s Cold War anthem speaks again in a world where conflict is no longer an exception but a structure
July 07th, 2026
250 Years of the United States
The Enduring Strength of the Transatlantic Partnership
July 04th, 2026
110 Years After the “Battle of the Somme”: The Invention of European Memory
From Shared Catastrophe to Shared Identity
July 01st, 2026
The Onedin Line: Before Globalisation Had a Name
What a classic BBC tv series about Victorian shipping can teach us about cultural diplomacy, international trust and Europe’s shared memory
June 28th, 2026
When Diplomacy Speaks the Language of Culture, Nations Find Common Ground
June 21st, 2026
Beyond Representation
Women, Power and the Future of International Leadership
June 16th, 2026
Human Dignity as a Universal Language of Civilisations
Speech at the Fès Summit on Universal Dignity (Fes, Morocco, 12–14 June 2026)
June 14th, 2026
The Deepening Divide in Western Societal Consensus since 2001
& Its Parallel Effects on Fragile States across the Global South
June 13th, 2026
Memory Under Siege, Memory Responsibility
From Historical Conflict to Cultural Dialogue
May 31st, 2026
“250 Years Later: Democracy, Cultural Power, and the Importance of Global Dialogue in a Changing World”
Speech at the Skopje Cultural Diplomacy Forum 2026, 27–28 May 2026
May 24th, 2026
Democracy, Women and the Future of Peace: Women’s Rights in a World Where Power Rewrites Law
Speech at the Eurasia Economic Summit, Istanbul, 11–13 May 2026
May 17th, 2026
The Superbrain and the Information Smog
Why AI’s Future Depends on Digital Integrity
May 10th, 2026
Beyond the Famous Five: Enid Blyton and European Cultural Memory
Revisiting Enid Blyton in a moment of educational debate, cultural revision and digital rediscovery
May 05th, 2026
“Waiting for the Barbarians”: Governance in an Age of Deferred Decisions / Reading Constantine P. Cavafy’s Poem as a Diagnosis of Europe’s Present
On political anticipation, institutional hesitation and the European condition of suspended agency
May 03rd, 2026
May 1st and the Transformation of Labour: Across Das Kapital and the Age of Algorithms
Rethinking work, value and governance in an economic order shaped by technological change, fragmentation and institutional adaptation
May 01st, 2026
Eighty Years after the Potsdam Conference
What It Delivered, What Remains Unfinished and the Lessons Ahead
April 26th, 2026
Chernobyl at Forty: Memory as Political Warning, Not Commemoration
Governance, Memory and History: Historical Knowledge for Failure Prevention and Resolution
April 19th, 2026
The West Under Pressure: Pathways to Stabilisation in a World Out of Order
External Threats, Internal Fragmentation and the Breakdown of Stability
April 12th, 2026
Cultural Diplomacy in Times of Conflict: The Silent Front and Whispers of Peace
Bridging Divides: Preserving Communication, Reducing Misperception, Mitigating Risk and Enabling De-escalation
April 05th, 2026
Cultural Diplomacy and the Easter Walk in Goethe’s Faust
Public Space, Shared Symbols and the Dynamics of Social Renewal
March 29th, 2026
The Vote That Shocked the World: How Oxford Students Once Refused to Fight and What It Means for Today’s Conflicts
From pacifism in 1933 to contemporary geopolitics, lessons from nine decades of debate on duty, morality and national defence
March 23rd, 2026
From Potsdam to the Indo-Pacific: Spheres of Influence and the Return of Great Power Diplomacy
Are There Still Small States at the Table? Power, Order, and the New Geometry of Influence
March 22nd, 2026
From Middle-earth to Modern Times: The Hobbit’s Guide to Our Future International Relations
How Tolkien’s Lessons in Hope, Courage and Responsibility Can Shape Our Future
March 18th, 2026
When Rivals Study Democracies’ Divisions: How Polarised Societies Face Strategic Challenges
From Ukraine to Iran: Strategic Competition in an Era Where Domestic Discord Becomes a Geopolitical Factor
March 16th, 2026
When Democracy Divides Itself: Divided at Home, Vulnerable Abroad – France’s Early 20th-Century Lessons for Polarised Democracies
Politics Before Strategy: How political fragmentation, fractured institutions and domestic discord affected strategic decision-making
March 15th, 2026
From Weimar to Tehran: How Divided Democracies Face Long-Term Challenges
“Boxing with a Knife” – Asymmetry and the Strategic Dilemma for Divided Democracies
March 08th, 2026
Old Wine in New Bottles: Europe After 75 Years from the Schuman Declaration
From Coudenhove-Kalergi’s Pan-Europa to Monnet’s Memoirs, how the European Commission’s first priorities echo seventy-five years of vision
February 22nd, 2026
Goethe vs. Schiller: Cultural Giants, Civil Dialogue and Healing Today’s Partisan Divide
Weimar’s Lessons: The Art of Productive Conflict for Politics in an Age of Polarisation
February 15th, 2026
What the “Miller of Sanssouci Legend” teaches about the Greenland Question: Power, Law and the Limits of Ambition
From Potsdam to Nuuk, “Are There Still Judges in Washington”? The Rule of Law in an Age of Territorial Temptation
February 15th, 2026
When Good Outcomes Arise from Unlawful Acts
Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Reflections on Contested Interventions in Venezuela and Iran
January 18th, 2026
Venezuela: From Doña Bárbara to Petrostate Paradise, Only to See it Return
Rómulo Gallegos’ Century of Civilization, Decay, and Redemption
January 04th, 2026
Nonviolence as a New Year Resolution: Lessons from Tolstoy and Orwell for the Year Ahead
Conscience, Peace, and Human Accountability: Lessons from The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) for 2026
December 29th, 2025
“Die Waffen nieder! - Lay Down Your Arms (1889)”: The Book by Nobel Laureate Bertha von Suttner on Peace and Diplomacy
As the Year Closes: Reflecting on Humanity, Diplomacy, and the Pursuit of a World Without War
December 24th, 2025
From State Diplomacy to Royal Festive Culture, from Queen Victoria to Today
London’s Buckingham Palace at the Heart of December
December 11th, 2025
