EU’s new provisional tariffs on Chinese EVs may have a significant impact on global trade dynamics, argues Shang-Jin Wei, Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia | SIPA and former Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank. ow.ly/U5oB50Ss9oU

What is the connection between 'place' and #farright attitudes? 𝗗𝗿 Theresa Be & I have ideas. Exactly 4 of them. 👉 LSE EUROPP blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

If the polls are right the Conservatives are about to discover that in the end there are consequences to reckless, self-absorbed misrule…I often wondered over the past 14 years whether England would ever turn ..but it seems it has…one of the most important words in

In a few minutes, I’m headed down into the exit poll bunker to take my small place in a wonderful, awesome crack team of British psephologists led by John Curtice. We’ll do everything in our power between now and 10pm to understand and report back to you how the public has voted

MRP Final Update We published our final polling call last night based on our telephone poll conducted between the 1st and the 3rd of July, alongside an updated set of MRP estimates. Overnight, we ran the model again, which now includes the final responses collected by telephone

🚨 BREAKING EXIT POLL RESULTS 👇 🔴 Labour: 410 🔵 Conservative: 131 🟡 Lib Dem: 61 🟦 Reform: 13 ⚫️ SNP: 10 🟨 Plaid Cymru: 4 🟢 Green: 2 Other: 19 How accurate do you think these will be? 👇

UK-China Relations Post-Election: What’s Next? 6 years since a #UK PM visited Beijing, 9 years since a Chinese President visited the UK: too long for 2 leading economies and permanent UN Sec. Council members For South China Morning Post by Kawala Xie + James F. Downes scmp.com/news/china/dip…

The far-right AfD performed strongly in the European Parliament election in Germany. What does this signify, and what might be the implications? Here are my thoughts. populismstudies.org/the-far-rights…

🇮🇹 📗 🥳 Copies just arrived of "The Rise of the Radical Right in Italy. A New Balance of Power in the Right-Wing Camp", co-authored with the amazing Alessio Scopelliti 🇺🇦 & James F. Downes for ibidem Columbia University Press. ✅️ ibidem.eu/en/Topics/Soci…

🔔 While FdI leader Meloni and her brother-in-law and Minister Lollobrigida are vacationing in Puglia, I am happy to announce the publication of my new article co-authored with @pierotortola on how FdI manipulates collective memory 📖

For Taihe Institute, I explore why NATO stands at a crossroads. The alliance now faces risks that could reverse its fortunes, for 2 reasons. 1. end of Pax Americana & potential #NATexit by Trump 2. Focus in #Europe rather than #AsiaPacific File: en.taiheinstitute.org/UpLoadFile/fil…

🇪🇺 James F. Downes of School of Politics & International Relations & Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa argue that the #EU faces a dilemma: should it pursue continued enlargement, or contract its membership by removing troublesome member state #Hungary? 🇭🇺 bit.ly/3XKsuSw

#HungarExit This is our most blunt article to date, but there’s no alternative James F. Downes #EU must consider a mechanism for ejecting those who only create problems, slow down decision-making without any reason, and treat the EU like an ATM to sack theloop.ecpr.eu/does-hungary-s…

THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

Many thanks to Marianna Griffini for inviting me, Alessio Scopelliti 🇺🇦 & James F. Downes to present our book "The Rise of the Radical Right in Italy" this Friday 15 November at the Northeastern University London (6 pm GMT). ✅️ to join follow the link here eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

🇩🇪 James F. Downes argues that the 2025 #GermanElection has upended decades of stability: #CDU’s rightward pivot & #AfD’s surge have left a fragmented parliament. 🇪🇺 #Germany’s turmoil threatens #EU unity & its own democratic foundations. #GrandCoalition bit.ly/4i0gvrO

We have a new #OnlineFirst article out by James F. Downes and Kenneth Lai (both HKMU), "The BNO Visa Scheme in UK–China Relations: A Geopolitical Tool". Please do give it a read! #BNO #UK #China tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🇬🇧🇨🇳 Political parties frame the UK’s #BNOvisa as a historical humanitarian responsibility to #HongKong in the context of UK-China relations. 🇭🇰 But James F. Downes & Kenneth Lai Kin-Pui find the UK government uses BNO visas as a geopolitical tool 👇bit.ly/4eAxr76