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World needs to come up with key climate roadmap at COP28

ANDREW HAMMOND

The high-profile COP28 climate summit opened in Dubai on Thursday, although key leaders like US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will not be attending. One of the other world powers that will help fill this vacuum is Europe, which sees the Middle Eastern event as critical for meeting the goals of the 2015 ...

Sunak turns to Cameron in bid to revive his fortunes

ANDREW HAMMOND

Prior to the landmark 2014 Scottish independence referendum, then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron famously commented that, "if you don't like me, I won't be here forever. If you don't like this government, it won't last forever." Almost a decade later, with the Conservatives still in power, Cameron was asked on Monday by the current incumbent ...

EU’s Belt and Road rival signals a step change for bloc

ANDREW HAMMOND

The last few days have been something of an unofficial global infrastructure week, with the 10th anniversary of China's Belt and Road Initiative being marked in Beijing and the EU officially launching its new Global Gateway project in Brussels on Wednesday.Inevitably, much reportage has focused on the geopolitical ramifications of these two developments. Very important ...

Climate agenda offers route to deeper EU-China ties

ANDREW HAMMOND

In the UK, there is a saying about buses that states you usually have to wait for what seems like hours for one to come along, and then two or three come at once.While the UK public transport sector may seem far removed from the high politics and economics of China-European bilateral relations, there may ...

Brexit puzzle grows on UK’s referendum anniversary

ANDREW HAMMOND

Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the UK's EU exit referendum, yet the nation is still widely perceived not to be "making Brexit work."This is not just the view of what Brexiteers disparagingly call "Remainiacs" (those who wanted to stay in the EU), but also a growing number of Brexiteers themselves. Take the example of ...

Boris Johnson, Silvio Berlusconi and the future of populism in Europe

ANDREW HAMMOND

The last week's downfall of Boris Johnson and death of Silvio Berlusconi - two of Europe's best-known and most successful populist politicians - has shone a spotlight on how much European politics has changed in the last few decades.After taking office for the first time in 1994, Berlusconi led four nonconsecutive Italian governments, leaving the ...

Ukraine reconstruction climbs world agenda

ANDREW HAMMOND

One year into the Ukraine conflict, hostilities show no obvious sign of ending any time soon. However, the issue of postwar reconstruction is climbing up the political ladder in the West, including in multilateral institutions like the G7. In part, this is because the international stakes in the nation�s rebuilding are so big that failure ...

UK’s many challenges as it seeks to make Brexit work

ANDREW HAMMOND

Two years after the post-Brexit UK-EU free trade agreement came into effect, a key shift is underway in UK politics, with the center of debate increasingly turning away from �Brexit versus Remain� toward how best to make Brexit work in practice.This change has largely been driven by the growing political momentum of the UK�s opposition ...