Department of European & International Studies at King's College London

📝 The political goals and prospects for Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin differ markedly but is there scope for these competing forces to coexist?

➡️ In a new feature, Dr Olivia Cheung examines the road ahead in the wake of a series of high-stakes summits 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺

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How Far Can China, the US, and Russia accommodate one another? | Feature from King's College London Dr Olivia Cheung examines the ramifications for great power politics following an unprecedented series of summits between leaders Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

EVENT: Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe 🇭🇺

Join us next week to discuss the political and social fallout from the closely-watched election in Hungary 🗳️

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Return to Europe Redux? Hungary's Election and its Implications for Europe On 12 April, Hungarian voters headed to the polls in the nation's 10th national election since victory over communism.

Our academic, Dr Aleksandra Piletić, has been awarded a fellowship by a leading research organisation to support a new project 🔋

Dr Piletić’s project will focus on the European Union’s Trans-Balkan Energy Corridor in the Western Balkans 🇪🇺

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Fellowship grant will support project examining energy transition | King's College London A King’s academic has been awarded a fellowship by a leading research organisation to support a new project.

EVENT: The Spatial Logics of Inflation 📈🪙

We'll be joined by Professor Jacqueline Best for a talk on the historical management of inflation and the return of the salience of place in policy

⏰ 13 April
🗓️ 15.00 - 17.00

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The Spatial Logics of Inflation An article presentation with Professor Jacqueline Best (University of Ottawa)

Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and efforts to escape either superpower would have "serious economic consequences" 📉

Check out new research co-authored by our academic, Dr Joseph Baines ⬇️

Divided loyalties leaving German firms hamstrung | King's College London Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and unable to escape either superpower, according to new research co-authored by a King's College London academic.

A new book authored by our academic, Dr Claudia Horn, sheds light on the botanical studies and ecological perspective of celebrated revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg 📚🪴

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New book examines little-known works of celebrated revolutionary | King's College London A new book authored by a King’s College London academic sheds light on the botanical studies and ecological perspective of celebrated revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.

Prof. Talani’s interview to the New York Times on the Iran war and the position of the Italian government:

Trump’s Iran War Is Causing Problems For His Ally in Italy, Giorgia Meloni War in the Middle East has left Italy’s prime minister in a domestic bind, presenting her with one of the biggest challenges of a previously stable tenure.

🔔 A major new study led by Professor Sofia Vasilopoulou is set to investigate a growing political paradox: why are voters in wealthier areas increasingly supporting the populist radical right?

The project has been awarded ~€2 million by the European Research Council

New project will investigate growing political paradox | King's College London A new major European study led by a King's College London academic is set to investigate a growing political paradox: why are voters in wealthier areas increasingly supporting the populist radical right?

A ground-breaking research project co-led by Professor Sofia Vasilopoulou aims to understand how economic inequality is undermining support for democracy across Europe - and what can be done to stop it 🌍🗳️

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Major new project to examine how inequality is undermining democracy | King's College London A ground-breaking research project co-led by a King’s College London academic aims to understand how economic inequality is undermining support for democracy across Europe - and what can be done to stop it.

Europe's Conundrum - Donald Trump’s Second Presidency and European Security 🇪🇺🇺🇸

Our latest flagship event saw an expert panel examine the implications of the second Trump administration for Europe’s security environment, with a focus on shifts in US foreign and defence policy, burden-sharing debates, and Washington’s approach to Russia, China, and ongoing conflicts on Europe’s periphery.

The discussion focussed on how European governments and EU institutions are responding to this heightened strategic volatility. Key themes included the prospects for European strategic autonomy, the resilience of NATO in an era of transactional alliance politics, and the risks of fragmentation within Europe’s security architecture.

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Donald Trump’s Second Presidency and European Security US President Donald Trump’s second presidency confronts Europe with a renewed and deepening strategic conundrum.While transatlantic relations have long been ...