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The Common Agricultural Policy Stands in the way of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030

March 30, 2021April 12, 2021 by Admin

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If the European Union is to be ambitious in pursuing its Green Deal it must dramatically reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which is currently a major contributor to biodiversity loss in the EU. While the EU proudly advertises its “Farm to Fork” and Biodiversity strategies for 2030, the proposed…

An EU Army: Future or Falsehood?

March 30, 2021April 12, 2021 by Admin

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A year after Emmanuel Macron proclaimed NATO was 'brain dead', recent significant developments in EU defence cooperation raise the question of whether an EU army is on the cards in the foreseeable future. Since its origins, European integration has been geared towards an 'ever-closer union'. A joint military seemingly appears…

Trouble in the East: The Future of European Relations with an Assertive Turkey

March 30, 2021April 12, 2021 by Admin

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In recent years Turkey has shown itself not to be the friendly neighbour many in Europe had hoped for. Growing tensions and geopolitical rivalry between Turkey and the EU have exposed fissures within the bloc – and threaten Ankara’s relationship with it. Amongst the multiple crises the European Union (EU)…

Yet another Common Agricultural Policy Reform? The False Promises of the European Green Deal

March 23, 2021April 12, 2021 by Admin

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In her 2020 State of the Union address of 16 September, Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen called for a more ambitious EU environmental policy and the reinforcement of the European Green Deal. One of the areas covered by this new green agenda, is the Common Agricultural Policy. I argue…

Chlorinated Chicken and Beyond: Brexit and Food Policy

March 10, 2021April 12, 2021 by Admin

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Since ‘Leave’ won the referendum, there have been advocates for a close trade relationship with the USA. This raises questions about the future of Britain’s food and animal health policy now that it has left the EU and the Single Market. ‘Chlorinated chicken’ became the flagship issue, but it does…

Ending coercion against freedom: Bridging laïcité and religious literacy

October 29, 2020 by Admin

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Samuel Paty, History-Geography and Citizenship middle-school teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was murdered on October 16 2020 a few days after showing students Charlie Hebdo’s caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a class on free speech. The attack is a socking reminder of the decade old tensions affecting French society. Islam has…

What does ‘decolonisation’ mean? A critique of the discourse of decolonisation in the Political, Social and International Studies department at UEA

October 7, 2020October 8, 2020 by Admin

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Calls for ‘decolonisation’ has become stronger—or, to put it another way, “trendy” (Adebisi, 2019)—over the past few years within higher education in the UK and beyond, driven by student activism and campaigns such as ‘Rhodes Must Fall Oxford’ (ignited by the movement that began at the University of Cape Town,…

The Potential of Community Participation in Politics

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Editor

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UEA students Samuel Woolford and Arthur Buttimore look at how political participation could be rejuvenated. As a part of the Future Leaders Project, we were given the opportunity to take part in and event organised by Model Westminster at City Hall in London. The event focused on aspects of Youth…

My experience in organising a trip to the European Youth Event

November 2, 2018 by Editor

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UEA third year student, Ines Abdelli, reflects on her experience of undertaking the Future Leaders programme, and leading a group to travel from Norwich to Strasbourg. [caption id="attachment_3841" align="alignright" width="136"] UEA third year student, Ines Abdelli[/caption] As a third year Media and Politics student I grasped the opportunity to co-organise and project…

2018 Sixth form blog competition

September 19, 2018December 10, 2018 by Editor

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We’re holding a sixth former politics blog post competition. Find out more below. We are inviting sixth form students to submit a post to the blog on any topic relating to politics, international relations and media. The entries will be reviewed and the winning post will be published online. The winner…

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