The world has already passed its first climate tipping point, with many warm-water coral reefs set to be lost. As world leaders gather for COP30, the stakes could not be higher. ✍ Manjana Milkoreit @sthlmresilience.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The Dutch election results came as a relief to many centrist voters, but this was not quite the triumphant "return to the centre" it has been portrayed as. ✍ @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Andrej Zaslove blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Reframing Germany's housing crisis as an issue of national economic interest could create the impetus needed to solve it. ✍ Alexander Reisenbichler @utoronto.ca blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The UN and the EU are both projects of idealism struggling to adapt to a world defined by realpolitik. Yet Europe’s success in turning rivals into partners gives it unique authority to develop a new multilateralism. ✍ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Donald Trump's appeal might seem uniquely American, but there are signs of the Trump model gaining ground in Europe. ✍ Giray Gozgor @uniofbradford.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Attention is all you need – why Europe should decouple from US technology Dimitar Lilkov for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

The lesson from Tufan Erhürman's election in northern Cyprus? The international community must help Turkish Cypriots to decide their own future. ✍️ Rebecca Bryant @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Are populist voters more anti-democratic than other citizens? New research shows while populist citizens' version of democracy may be illiberal, it is not outright anti-democratic. ✍ Patricia Rehus & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social @polstudies.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Is populism a threat to democracy or a force for democratisation? Rather than condemning populism we may be better served by seeking strategies for democratic resilience informed by the lessons populism offers. ✍ @ygursoy.bsky.social & @toygarsinanbaykan.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Our article, “The Frenemy Within: Populism’s Dual Role in Democratization”, with @toygarsinanbaykan.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social is now available on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social as a blog post blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... @lse-ei.bsky.social

💥New: How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation? ✍️ @chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social #ResearchPolicy #Expertise #Politicisation @uclpolicylab.bsky.social

💡New! Nick Clarke and Will Jennings remind us that trust in politicians has never been high, and even though the global trend is towards people trusting governments less, not every single event of perceived corruption will further contribute to that trend. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Giorgia Meloni marks three years in power today, but are the same traits that have made her effective now becoming liabilities? ✍ Marina Cino Pagliarello @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseconsulting.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The EU may now have little choice but to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Spain’s deepest political divide is not ideological, but constitutional. The lack of a shared constitutional narrative has produced fragmentation, eroding the space for broad parliamentary agreements. ✍ @rubendiezgarcia.bsky.social @ucm.es blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The Israel-Hamas peace plan brokered by Donald Trump has brought a ceasefire to Gaza. Yet as Robert H. Wade @lseid.bsky.social argues on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social this success has done little to dampen #Trump’s appetite for waging war against his domestic political opponents.

💥New: Research security policies risk a “stockyard paradox” that may weaken what they aim to protect ✍️Caroline S. Wagner & Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr #AcademicSky #ResearchSecurity #ResearchPolicy

As politics falters, litigation is leading in the fight against climate change. Courts are shaping climate policy, enforcing human rights and challenging corporations. Joana Setzer Tiffanie Chan @granthamlse.bsky.social

💡New! Cass Sunstein: We need a liberalism for our time blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The rise of AI makes it more critical than ever that Europe decouples from US technology. ✍ Dimitar Lilkov blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Donald Trump's success at brokering a peace deal in Gaza has done little to dampen his appetite for waging war against his domestic political opponents. ✍ Robert H Wade @lseid.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first female Prime Minister, but her election carries a mixed message for gender equality. ✍ Miku Matsunaga @royalholloway.bsky.social & Jochen Rehmert @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The UK’s mandatory digital ID scheme risks repeating the same mistakes the EU made with its Digital Identity Wallet. The key lesson from the EU experience is that identity infrastructure should be built to serve citizens, not to police them. ✍️ Ronnie Das blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

💡New! Transhumanism is quietely influencing UK tech policy. Laurence Radford of @lseblogs.bsky.social argues for more transparency and democratic accountability to control these powerful emerging technologies seeking to integrate tech with the human body. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

NEW✨ October is UK #BlackHistoryMonth @blackhistorymonth.org.uk To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by members of staff across LSE. Read it below! #BHM #BookRecommendations

#Islamophobia in Western Europe is driven by nativism and authoritarianism, not religiosity. @kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

Are Christians in Western Europe more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens? New research finds no link between personal Christian beliefs and Islamophobia, but a close association with nativism/authoritarianism. ✍️ @kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Andrej Babiš’s ANO won the Czech election on 3–4 October, but was this a Pyrrhic victory? ANO’s unexpectedly strong performance at the expense of smaller radical parties will make forming a coalition challenging. ✍ @jrovny.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What explains the rise in framing #migration into Europe as an "invasion"? On @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social, @tarsisbrito.bsky.social shows how conceptions of white nativeness have combined with the legacy of #colonialism to portray racialised migrants as invaders & migration as a state of siege.

Are European citizens turning away from foreign aid and development cooperation? A new dataset shows a notable decline in support for foreign aid in France, Germany and the UK since 2022. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The portrayal of migration as an "invasion" that threatens the "whiteness" of Europe is becoming increasingly prominent. But where do these ideas come from and what does it mean to view Europe as "naturally white"? ✍ @tarsisbrito.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

💡New! Why AI needs social science, by @helenmargetts.bsky.social and Cosmina Dorobantu of @lsedatascience.bsky.social. "If people are central to AI, the social sciences must play a key role in AI advancement." blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Even after their childcare years, mothers spend twice as much time as fathers providing supervision and support to their teenagers. @cep-lse.bsky.social

New research shows ageing populations and the power of the “grey vote” are undermining Europe’s economic growth. Yet an ageing Europe need not be a stagnant one if the sources of the grey power trap can be addressed. ✍ Tim Vlandas @dspi-oxford.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

#Spain's Pedro Sánchez has committed to pursuing democratic regeneration. Yet as Fernando Casal Bertoa and @josejavierolivas.bsky.social argue on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social, international indicators point to declining democratic standards since Sánchez came to power in 2018.

Is the use of laboratory animals ethical? Carrie Friese @lsesociology.bsky.social argues that while there are no easy answers to this question, humans can learn a great deal by considering the seemingly far away life of a laboratory mouse. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Fernando Casal Bertoa and I show at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social that democratic indicators in Spain have acquired a worrisome tendency in the last few years. Not many foreign analysts seem to have noticed it. #democracy blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Pedro Sánchez has committed to democratic regeneration in Spain, but key indicators point to declining democratic standards since he came to power. ✍ Fernando Casal Bértoa & @josejavierolivas.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

NEW✨ To mark a new exhibition @lselibrary.bsky.social, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade Unions, co-curator Chelsea Collison picks out and reflects on seven fascinating items on display that illuminate the history of Britain's unions. @londonmetuni.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

🔎New! The reverse victimisation of Charlie Kirk – from propagandist to martyr, by @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the lives of animals at speed, but these huge impacts are going unnoticed and unregulated. ✍ Isabella Logothetis, Spencer Jury & @birchlse.bsky.social @lsephilosophy.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The recognition of Palestine by France, the UK and others is a turning point for European diplomacy. Europe now has an opportunity to combine recognition, aid and diplomacy to make itself the custodian of the two-state solution. ✍️ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Cosco's attempt to buy a stake in a Hamburg port terminal in 2022-23 raised concerns about EU dependence on China. Two years on, the deal now looks like the first step toward a “rules-first” approach to Chinese investment in Europe. ✍️ @messingschlager.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Online #ConspiracyTheories can spread rapidly across the world. Yet as Zichen (Jess) Hu @lsemedia.bsky.social writes, the way conspiracy narratives are interpreted and reframed in different contexts reflects a fractured global order @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

‘For Ukrainian civil society, security requires all three dimensions – military capacity to resist, freedom from authoritarian control and preservation of cultural identity – because each addresses a different facet of colonial domination’

"The US is either a democracy in crisis that is barely clinging on to the label, or one that has tipped over the edge into competitive authoritarianism – and I believe it’s the latter." Read our interview with @brianklaas.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Russia's war in Ukraine has prompted groups of self-organised Ukrainian citizens to work together to defend their country. These groups offer a powerful example of how democratic resilience can emerge from below during wartime. ✍️ @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

NEW✨ Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places by Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social =. #Review by James Herndon 👇 #Economics #Inequality

The consensus says that it's a bad tax, yet politicians have been shying away from reforming council tax for decades. Paul Cheshire offers an alternative that could be fairer and act as the wealth tax that many are calling for. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Trump wants to showcase AI prowess, but the reality is that 7 firms concentrate capital, infrastructure and workforce power. Mairéad Pratschke @lsedatascience.bsky.social