Europinion

5 days ago | europinion.uk | Jake Sanders

After weeks of protests against ICE raids saw thousands take to the streets across California, growing resentment has given way to even bigger nationwide demonstrations in the form of the ‘No Kings’ movement. Anger at President Trump’s creeping authoritarianism is clearly palpable. Whilst figures vary, estimates suggest that on Saturday 14th June around 4-6 million people marched in protest, making it among the largest single-day demonstrations to occur in US history.

2 weeks ago | europinion.uk | Anoushka Singh

Though the conceptions of international relations that form the basis of the foreign policies of nearly all states understand governments as rational and unitary, recent overreactions and extreme political rhetoric in the United States challenge this supposition. American hyper-nationalism of the Trump era is an excellent indicator of this trend thanks to the openly racist, xenophobic, and misogynistic ideologies and policies perpetuated by the current American administration.

2 weeks ago | europinion.uk | Jake Sanders

When thousands gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to celebrate the demise of Mubarak’s regime, a spark of hope was lit across the Middle East. Calls for freedom were heard loud and clear. Fourteen years later, that spark has been extinguished. Rather than enjoying well-won liberty, the people of Libya and Syria endured brutal civil wars, and Egyptians witnessed their revolution bring yet more dictators into power.

3 weeks ago | europinion.uk | Anoushka Singh

A studyconducted by IE Universidad and Airbus - concluding that though nearly half of Western European youth professed a fear that their nation would be at war with Russia within the next ten years, only a third of them would be willing to militarily defend their country - grabbed headlines late last year. The findings were presented as a symptom of declining national pride caused by increased apathy and political polarisation. I wish to problematise this narrative a bit.

3 weeks ago | europinion.uk | Isabel Rodríguez

In April 2025, the Trump Administration and the State Department announced that their annual reports on international human rights would be scaled back, removing mentions of long standing principles of human rights abuses, such as harsh prison conditions, government corruption, and political oppression.