Listeners to Lembit Opik’s programme on Radio Kent heard a discussion on the consequences of ‘Brexit’ earlier this month as CEFEUS Director Dr Amelia Hadfield appeared on the show alongside […]
Dr Hadfield Chairs High Level Energy Panel at Chatham House
On Wednesday, 27 November 2015, Dr Hadfield, Founder and Director of the Energy and Governance Group at Canterbury Christ Church University, was invited to chair a high-level members event at […]
Lecturers and Students involved in Web TV Programme on Food Scarcity
As part of the second year politics module ‘Global Governance’ we will be teaming up with our good friends at GlobalNet21, an NGO that promotes public discussion and debate on […]
Kent School Video Pitch Wins in Parliament
The winning idea from the ‘Hardcopy or #Hashtag: Young People’s Vision for a Digital Parliament’ workshop held at Canterbury Christ Church in September went on to be voted the best […]
Politics and IR Programme Hosts Local Schools for ESRC Event
On the 4th of November the Politics and IR programme hosted over fifty students from local schools, Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Kent College, and St George’s Church of England School Thanet […]
Politics Students Participate in South Thanet Hustings
Our students were invited to attend hustings for the South Thanet constituency by the hosts of the world class science campus Discovery Park.
Open Public Debate on Fracking in the UK 19/11/14
On Wednesday 19 th November the Sociology programme launches the first of its public debates for 2014/15, which takes the controversial subject of fracking as its focus. With David Cameron […]
New Edition of Our Journal European Review of International Affairs is Out Now
The Autumn edition of ERIS – European Journal of International Affairs – a journal based here in Politics and IR is out now. See below for a list of the […]
European Foreign Policy at the Crossroads: What lies ahead for the new HR/VP Federica Mogherini?
The world has entered a particularly turbulent period. Eastern Europe is riven by the toughest east-west mêlée since the Cold War, with spats and sanctions raging back and forth between the EU, US and Russia. Israel and Palestine spent the summer locked in intifada-like battles. And ISIS has risen as the newest security threat; galvanising both geopolitical and religious dynamics from Iraq to Syria. Closer to home, UK terror levels totter. In an indication of the overall seriousness of key global issues, the UN has taken the ‘unprecedented’ step of declaring Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, and the Central African Republic to each represent a ‘Level 3 humanitarian crisis, the most severe designation. O tempora, o mores, as Cicero famously said. The times, they are a-tough; the customs, they need to keep up. So do EU personnel. This first CCCU Jean Monnet Chair Blog reflects upon the challenges facing European foreign affairs as a result of the changeover of staff in late 2014.