Category: Foreign Affairs
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Looking back at the Turing Scheme
During Brexit the UK government decided to leave the Erasmus+ scheme. Instead, the UK would start a new scheme called the Turing Scheme. Before the full details of the scheme were released I was fairly optimistic about the scheme. There has been the usual divide, on the whole remain supporters hated it and leave supporters […]
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The Case for the European Free Trade Association
Last week, the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide. Much of what was discussed, however, should not only be welcomed but actively encouraged to go beyond in strengthening UK-Nordic relations. Issues relating to NATO spending commitments, the Northern Defense Strategy, the regional security threat posed by Russia, and the […]
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A third way on nuclear weapons’
Despite years of reducing the number of nuclear weapons’ the UK has the government has changed course. After the Defence review by the government the cap on the number of nuclear weapons will now rise from 180 warheads to 260. I can’t find a reason for this beyond something from an insider who supposedly spoke […]