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What does the new leader mean for New Labour?
A Knowledge Centre commentary with contributions by PAIS staff and alumni
David Miliband was the Parliamentary Labour Party's first choice. He was also Tony Blair's natural heir. Working as the Foreign Secretary he had proven himself as a skilful and capable politician but in the end his younger brother Ed was elected as leader. Ed differentiated himself from his brother, and New Labour, by taking a more radical position but how will this translate into policy? Warwick academics offer their insights below but we would also be interested in what you think.
UK and US Politics: The Special Relationship
A Knowledge Centre article and interview with Prof Graham Wilson, Boston University and Prof Wyn Grant, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
When David Cameron became Prime Minister the “special relationship” between the United Kingdom and the United States of America entered, yet another, new phase.
The University of Warwick has developed a strategic partnership with Boston University in the United States and during a recent visit to Boston, Prof Wyn Grant from the Department of Politics and International Studies sat down with Prof Graham Wilson, Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Boston, to identify some of the different fibres that contribute to the special relationship in 2010
Owen Parker interviewed by European Voice
Dr Owen Parker is quoted in an article on EuropeanVoice.com on the situation facing the Roma in Europe. You can read the full article, entitled 'A deeper perspective on problems facing the Roma', on their website. Alternatively, you can download the pdf here.
SECURITIZING ISLAM
A Knowledge Centre interview with Prof Stuart Croft
How are national identities formed? Who decides who is included and, therefore, who is excluded? What happens when identities come into conflict with one another? In his new book, Securitizing Islam, to be published in January 2012, Professor Stuart Croft, Department of Politics and International Studies, sets out his theory that Britishness has been reconstituted as a means and result of securitizing Islam.
ANDERS BREIVIK, AND THE THREAT TO EUROPE
A Knowledge Centre article by Prof Stuart Croft
The recent tragedy in Norway was on a scale that is hard to imagine. But what are the wider implications of the attacks? What is the significance in terms of European far right groups? What similarities are there to the work of Al Qaeda? Professor Stuart Croft, Politics and International Studies, explains more.