 Earlier this year the UK marked the tenth anniversary of its departure from membership in the EU. (Brexit). This blog looks at the underlying sources of political discomfort in the former relationship
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 Democracies depend on the support of their citizens. This blog looks at the different ideas about what kinds of citizen engagement are necessary for democracy to flourish.
 This blog looks at a number of concepts relevant to removing the fears of what might happen when conflict between or within countries ends so that the parties to the conflict can move forward. It is about the difficulties of drawing a line in the sand so that conflict can be relegated to the past
 Contemporary societies contain people with a variety of identities, ethnicities, beliefs, values, family and social customs and ways of relating to others. This blog outlines the challenge this pluralism presents to constitutional democracies
 The drift towards authoritarianism in democratic countries including India and the US appears closely associated with the assertion of religious belief. This blog looks at the relationship between religion and democratic political structures
 Deference is an important institutional practice in democracies with a separation of powers. In all societies, democratic or not, it is also an important social practice. In both contexts deference can be misused. This blog examines the use and misuse of deference.
 There seems to be no end in sight to the four-year-old war between Ukraine and Russia being waged since February 2022 following Russia’s annexation of the Crimea in 2014. There are two main obstacles to a peace settlement. First, there has to be an internal settlement around land and territorial control. Secondly, there has to be some means of enforcing the peace.
 Compromise has an important role in both domestic and international politics. This blog looks at the limits to compromise.
 In September 2024, the Draghi report on EU competitiveness was published to much acclaim. This blog suggests that acclaim for the diagnosis was deserved. But not for the policy prescriptions.
 The world today is now typically referred to as ‘plurilateral’. This blog looks at what the term implies, the alternatives and the prospects
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