Reassessing Europe’s security strategy - UK in a changing Europe The authors offer four recommendations on how to increase European resilience and defence capabilities in light of geopolitical crises and the unreliability of the US as an ally. 

"While strategic autonomy remains a longer-term ambition, the immediate goal should be to strengthen European resilience"

✍️ Zeno Leoni, Benjamin Jones, Sarah Tzinieris, Bence Nemeth, Michele Groppi, & Zoha Naser suggest ways Europe could increase its resilience

🔗 https://ow.ly/7oLr50YJ3c8

The case for a UK-EU resilience partnership - UK in a changing Europe Jannike Wachowiak makes the case for a UK-EU resilience partnership as a way to both help the two sides be better prepared and able to respond to certain crises and to provide much needed impetus to t...

"It would give renewed impetus to the bilateral relationship... it would be a pragmatic step forward which could be easily sold to the public."

@jannikewachowiak.bsky.social makes the case for a 'resilience partnership' as a way to give new impetus to the UK-EU reset.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-case-for...

Unsettled status: the policy and politics of indefinite leave to remain - UK in a changing Europe Sunder Katwala looks at the government's proposed reforms to the settlement rules in the UK as part of its immigration overhaul and asks whether they could meet the fairness challenge. 

📉 "So the fall in immigration risks being a very well-kept secret. There is a time-lag in the data but a bigger lag in the political discourse."

✍️ Sunder Katwala (sundersays) reflects on Labour's immigration policy overhaul

🔗 https://ow.ly/qbqn50YJ35S

International recruitment and the NHS post-Brexit - UK in a changing Europe Vilija Vėlyvytė looks at the use of overseas recruitment in the NHS since Brexit and argues that it should be a key...

🏥 "It is clear that there is no quick fix to the UK’s health and care workforce crisis. What should be resisted is the tendency to frame international recruitment as problematic in itself."

✍️ Vilija Vėlyvytė on international recruitment in the NHS post-Brexit

🔗 ow.ly/SR3h50Ytil1

UKICE Lunch Hour: politics and the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe The UK economy is under significant pressure. Following a period characterised by slow growth, high inflation and rising borrowing costs, it now...

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Watch back our online economics panel to hear our experts' analysis of the UK's economic outlook and how it affects our politics

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The EU’s perspective on UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe Jannike Wachowiak offers some insight into the EU's perspective on UK-EU relations.

"London needs to consider what contribution the UK can usefully make to strengthening Europe’s resilience and security."

🇪🇺 Jannike Wachowiak on the EU's perspective on UK-EU relations

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eus-perspective-on-u...

Youth mobility negotiations - UK in a changing Europe Catherine Barnard and Denzil Davidson explain why negotiations on a youth experience scheme between the UK and the EU are so complex. 

"There is a problem with legal competence– the power for the EU to negotiate a full-fat youth mobility scheme enabling young people to travel, study and, crucially, work."

✍️ Catherine Barnard & Denzil Davidson explain why youth mobility negotiations are so complex

🔗 https://ow.ly/Zr6y50YJ2RN

UKICE Lunch Hour: A view from the UK-EU summit - UK in a changing Europe The world has changed significantly since the inaugural UK-EU summit took place one year ago. Much lauded as ushering in a new...

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Last May's UK-EU summit laid out a roadmap for a series of negotiations between the two sides. A year on, how much has been achieved?

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How can the UK and Europe face global challenges? - UK in a changing Europe In recent years, there has been no shortage of crises for Europe to face. From the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s full scale invasion...

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On the latest episode the UK in a Changing Europe podcast, @anandmenon.bsky.social talks to @markhleonard.bsky.social of @ecfr.eu about how the UK and EU can confront a wide range of shared global challenges.

ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/how...

The limits of dynamic alignment - UK in a changing Europe Joël Reland argues that the UK government’s plans for closer EU alignment may prove more difficult than anticipated. The government is sending...

"The govt may soon come to find that dynamic alignment is a high-effort, low-reward strategy which consumes a lot of administrative bandwidth while barely moving the economic dial."

@jreland.bsky.social argues that the UK plans for EU alignment may prove challenging.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-limits-o...

Does the ban on asylum seekers working actually work? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello argue that while the UK’s restrictions on employment for asylum seekers do not act as...

"So not allowing asylum seekers to work is an expensive policy. Allowing asylum seekers to work would also bring benefits to the UK economy."

✍️ Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi ask whether the ban on asylum seekers working actually works

🔗 https://ow.ly/KKyz50YISwH

How to unleash the potential of the UK-German relationship - UK in a changing Europe Carolyn Rowe, Ed Turner, Tobias Hofelich and Jannike Wachowiak look at the UK-German relationship since Brexit and consider how the two sides could work more closely together.

"In the post-Brexit world with a destabilised transatlantic relationship and war in Europe, strong UK-German relations are more important than ever before."

Carolyn Rowe, Ed Turner, Tobias Hofelich and @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social look at the UK-German relationship

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/how-to-unlea...

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💻 Join us online for an expert discussion on how the UK's economic troubles could impact its policy and politics

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Which shows that despite the govt. putting more stock into its plans for closer EU relations, this agenda is progressing slowly.

And in other areas of potential future alignment (in particular digital, chemicals and products) there is even much continuing divergence.

This tracker finds:
➡️ 5 cases of alignment
➡️ 6 cases of convergence
➡️ 9 cases of 'active' divergence
➡️ 11 cases of 'passive divergence'

UK-EU Divergence Tracker Q1 2026 - UK in a changing Europe This is the sixteenth edition of UK in a Changing Europe’s regulatory divergence tracker, outlining how UK and EU rules and regulations have aligned and diverged in the period January-March 2026.

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💥 For all the latest in UK-EU regulatory alignment and divergence, check out our regular tracker by @jreland.bsky.social

🔎 It identifies all the cases of active and passive divergence and alignment, as well as any convergence between the two sides

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...

"This is all part of that strategy of the Prime Minister coming out more aggressively as a pro-European, given not only the economic needs... but also geopolitics."

📻 @anandmenon.bsky.social on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social today

Catch up in full here 👉 www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

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👀 Plus keep an eye out for the latest edition of the UK-EU divergence tracker tomorrow!

UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead - UK in a changing Europe This report charts the UK's regulatory journey over the last five years and the path ahead. The report is comprised of thematic chapters which gauge the scale of divergence across a range of sectors and considers the challenges the Labour government will face as it embarks on its agenda of closer regulatory alignment.

UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...

Regulating after Brexit - UK in a changing Europe This report provides a comprehensive stock take of the extent to which the UK has diverged from EU rules since Brexit and the main regulatory challenges it now faces.

Regulating after Brexit 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/regu...

The govt.’s plans for its new UK-EU reset bill has drawn a lot of attention to the finer details of the UK’s trading relationship with the EU

For a clear outline of the regulatory options the UK has and the benefits and limits, read our reports masterminded by @jreland.bsky.social

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UKICE Lunch Hour: politics and the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe The UK economy is under significant pressure. Following a period characterised by slow growth, high inflation and rising borrowing costs, it now...

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Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interest

“Changes to UK regulations should be debated in parliament and thrashed out by politicians.”

🗞️Our director @anandmenon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the govt.'s new UK-EU reset bill that could see the UK align dynamically with the EU without a vote by MPs

🔗 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"On its own, though, the Kensington Treaty will achieve little, without ongoing commitment in the two countries."

✍️ Carolyn Rowe, Ed Turner, Tobias Hofelich and Jannike Wachowiak
look at the UK-German relationship

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/how-to-unleash-the-poten...

How far would a Péter Magyar victory reset Hungary-EU relations? - UK in a changing Europe Alexander Faludy reflects on the Hungarian parliamentary elections coming in April that will see Viktor Orban's far-right Fidesz face a significant challenge from Péter Magyar‘s Tisza party.

🇭🇺 "Hungary’s place within the EU has emerged as a key battleground in the campaign."

🗳️ As voters head to the polls in Hungary, find out more about the two battling parties' stances on the EU with this from Alex Faludy👇

🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/hungary-elections-eu-relations/

Does the ban on asylum seekers working actually work? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello argue that while the UK’s restrictions on employment for asylum seekers do not act as...

"So not allowing asylum seekers to work is an expensive policy. Allowing asylum seekers to work would also bring benefits to the UK economy."

✍️ Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on the UK's restriction on employment for asylum seekers

🔗 https://ow.ly/mYck50YGZzC

What does ‘greater ambition’ in UK-EU relations look like - and what are the chances of it? - UK in a changing Europe Carolyn Rowe, Ed Turner, Tobias Hofelich and Jannike Wachowiak consider what a more ambitious UK-EU relationship could look like and the key challenges and opportunities it would present.

"While the stakes are higher, it is far from certain whether the EU and the UK will be able to use the second proposed summit this summer to add new substance to their existing agreements."

Carolyn Rowe, Ed Turner, Tobias Hofelich & Jannike Wachowiak on UK-EU relations 🇬🇧🇪🇺

https://ow.ly/GGWM50YGYoe

Youth mobility negotiations - UK in a changing Europe Catherine Barnard and Denzil Davidson explain why negotiations on a youth experience scheme between the UK and the EU are so complex.

"There is a problem with legal competence– the power for the EU to negotiate a full-fat youth mobility scheme enabling young people to travel, study and, crucially, work."

@cbarnard.bsky.social & Denzil Davidson explain why youth mobility negotiations are so complex

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/youth-mobili...

Does the ban on asylum seekers working actually work? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello argue that while the UK’s restrictions on employment for asylum seekers do not act as...

"The UK’s restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work do not appear to act as a strong deterrent, yet they drive up asylum costs..."

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi ask whether the ban on asylum seekers working actually works

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/does-the-ban...

UKICE Lunch Hour: politics and the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe The UK economy is under significant pressure. Following a period characterised by slow growth, high inflation and rising borrowing costs, it now...

🌍 Global uncertainty is applying even more pressure to the UK economy

🤓 To analyse how the UK's economic woes might impact both its policy and politics, we're bringing together our economics panel

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