This piece examines how Spain's 2026 mass amnesty for migrants will impact voting behaviour ahead of the national elections next year in 2027. Nearly 1.2 million people have applied for Spain’s extraordinary mass regularisation scheme, shattering official estimates of 500,000 applicants. The scheme, dubbed a mass amnesty, will bring irregular (undocumented)…
This piece examines how rising political fragmentation across EU member states is affecting the Union's institutional capacity to act, with a particular focus on the resulting investment and competitiveness costs. European democracy is not dying quietly. It is fragmenting loudly, and the consequences for the European Union's (EU) capacity to govern are more dangerous than any single electoral shock. Democratic…
Despite overwhelming public support for EU membership, government policy has shifted away from European integration, raising questions about Georgia's democratic and geopolitical future. Georgia currently stands at a crossroads characterised…
Strategically positioned in the Western Balkans/Balkan Peninsula (west), Albania finds itself at the heart of geopolitical rivalry and clandestine diplomacy that seeks to reshape the politico-socio-economic landscape. Whereas foreign direct…
As global defence budgets reach record highs, artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the defining driver of military strategy, spending, and great-power competition, transforming how wars are planned, fought, and governed.…
The United Kingdom's VAT on private school fees is designed to increase tax revenues and promote fairness, yet the slightest modest shift of pupils into the state sector could generate…
Hawala is neither inherently illicit nor inherently benign; it is a dual-use financial system shaped by the institutional environments in which it operates. The Western Balkans demonstrate that effective governance…
The United States and Israel launched a joint military operation on 28 February, 2026, designated “Epic Fury”, targeting a wide array of Iranian military infrastructure and eliminating several senior military…
The race for AI is usually presented as a contest between the United States and China. Export controls, access to computing power, and the development of frontier models appear to…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed North Korea from China’s dependent buffer into a more autonomous strategic actor—weakening Beijing’s leverage and generating cascading security dilemmas across Northeast Asia. INTRODUCTION When…
Artificial Intelligence is often discussed as a digital technology, but in recent years the demand for physical infrastructure expansion is becoming increasingly apparent. Behind every generative AI model are data…
Pakistan believed a Taliban-led Afghanistan would secure its western frontier and cement its regional influence. Five years after the Taliban's return, the evidence points in the opposite direction: rising militancy,…
Iran–US relations exhibit a persistent “kinetic equilibrium” in which hostility is structured rather than resolved, sustained by functional hostility, ritualized escalation, and invisible guardrails that prevent systemic war. The framework…
While climate change increasingly threatens international peace and security, disagreements over the Security Council's mandate and legitimacy continue to hinder the formal adoption of a climate security framework. In December…
As Merkel prepares to leave politics and with the European elections around the corner, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding European politics. Far right parties have recently gained considerable…
Ezra Friedman discusses the significance of the fall of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Warwick’s Pugwash Student Society, along with Warwick’s International Relations Society, are delighted to host their…
In conversation with Romania's former Minister of Health and Chief of Staff for the Minister of Finances Warwick Romanian Speaking Society together with Warwick International Relations Society have the pleasure…
