Hussein Kassim
husseinkassim.bsky.social
Hussein Kassim
@husseinkassim.bsky.social
Academic, Europeanist, and more
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Delighted to be presenting work on the #EUbudget and #discharge of 1996 and the resignation of Jacques Santer at @cont.europarl.europa.eu tomorrow alongside other experts. cc: @rhulpir.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"Without a clear vision for culture in a post-Brexit context, the UK risks leaving large parts of its creative sector without the support they need to survive."

✍️ Kirsty Warner and @husseinkassim.bsky.social explore the impact of Brexit on the creative industries
How UK creative industries are navigating Brexit alone - UK in a changing Europe
Kirsty Warner and Hussein Kassim explore the impact of Brexit on the UK creative industries.
ukandeu.ac.uk
July 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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An important, useful + really accessible report and a 👌👌 check on revisionist takes! @husseinkassim.bsky.social & I contributed a chapter on the 🇪🇺's Brexit strategy. That is one aspect that gives rise to some overblown, even conspiratorial takes... 2.5 pages to set the record straight 🙂 👇
Today marks 9 years since the Brexit referendum

Since then, UKICE has evaluated UK-EU relations, traced and explained the tortuous Brexit process, and attempted to assess the impact that Brexit has had on the UK.

Check out our report for everything you need to know 👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/the-...
The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset - UK in a changing Europe
For the past decade, UK in a Changing Europe has provided impartial, research-based analysis on a number of issues, but most particularly...
ukandeu.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Event covered not only 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 dimension, but also views from different member states. Comes with 👌👌 report with short chapters from ⭐ contributors from across national capitals (🇪🇸🇳🇱🇨🇾🇮🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇵🇱🇨🇿🇫🇷) is really worth the read @husseinkassim.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/other-public...
June 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Contributors from our Living with the Neighbours Observatory
are presenting their reflections alongside sessions on Labour’s European strategy, UK choices in the face of security and trade challenges, and keynotes from the UK and EU at the British Academy in London.
May 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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@ukandeu.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social has done it again!! Brought together some of the best minds from across 🇪🇺 countries to capture in short chapters how 🇪🇸🇨🇿🇵🇱🇩🇪🇩🇰🇮🇪🇨🇾🇱🇹🇳🇱+🇳🇴🇨🇭 view changes in their relationship with 🇬🇧 since Brexit & Starmer election 👉📖 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... 1/2🧵
warwick.ac.uk
June 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Delighted to launch today our new report ‘The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times’ which looks at the the new administration’s progress in rebuilding relations with its European neighbours.
May 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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@husseinkassim.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social kicking off a full day on 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 relations, including Bryce views from different national capitals
May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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warwick.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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📍Live from the British Academy at 9am
Conference: The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting Relations in Turbulent Times
@ukandeu.bsky.social‬ + @husseinkassim.bsky.social .

A day of strategy, diplomacy, and realism.
This is the thread.

#UKEUStarmerEra #LivingWithTheNeighbours
May 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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New episode of "Parlons Commission" @euradio.bsky.social with Pr. @husseinkassim.bsky.social !
We talked about the people who work in the Commission (who they are, their relationship to the European project) and the process of “presidentialisation” of the institution.

euradio.fr/emission/KY8...
Hussein Kassim – qui travaille à la Commission européenne ?
Dans ce septième épisode, Lola Avril rencontre Hussein Kassim, professeur de science politique à l’université de Warwick. Il évoque le parcours du personnel de la Commission européenne ainsi que la pr...
euradio.fr
May 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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state visit coincides with 🇬🇧-🇫🇷 Summit, 2nd since Brexit after March 2023 summit; both countries will look to deepen cooperation even further, notably on defence & security. Will be discussing all this @husseinkassim.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social event 28 May 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-starme...
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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📣 EVENT 📣

🤝 The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times

💬 UKICE's @husseinkassim.bsky.social brings us a lively discussion of what has changed in UK European policy with an exciting line up of speakers

Details below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-starme...
April 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🙅‍♀️ ‘The UK’s reluctance to engage… is not purely a policy decision but a political framing born out of fear that appearing to engage with the EU could undermine hard-won ‘Brexit red lines’

Kirsty Warner & @husseinkassim.bsky.social on the EU youth mobility scheme👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/youth-mobili...
Youth mobility is not freedom of movement - UK in a changing Europe
Kirsty Warner examines the reluctance from the UK to accept an EU youth mobility scheme and the impact this may have on UK-EU relations.
ukandeu.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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👇👌👌 For anyone wanting an overview of what kind of new regulatory powers & responsibilities were transferred from 🇪🇺 to 🇬🇧 + new bodies needed, recommend report ‘Regulation after Brexit’ @ukandeu.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social - has👌 tables with all info 👉 media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
March 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Our co-edited book "National government narratives of the EU: ‘Official’ Stories of Belonging" is out now link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Our contributors, all leading specialists, track the stories told by governments about their country's participation in the EU and how they change over time.
National Government Narratives of the EU
This book examines and compares national EU narratives. It brings together leading specialists from across Europe, and asks: What do member states want ...
link.springer.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Finally out - our book on narratives of the EU !
Thanks to the editors @husseinkassim.bsky.social & @adriaanschout.bsky.social
My chapter on Poland is available in open access 😀
Our co-edited book "National government narratives of the EU: ‘Official’ Stories of Belonging" is out now link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Our contributors, all leading specialists, track the stories told by governments about their country's participation in the EU and how they change over time.
National Government Narratives of the EU
This book examines and compares national EU narratives. It brings together leading specialists from across Europe, and asks: What do member states want ...
link.springer.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Our co-edited book "National government narratives of the EU: ‘Official’ Stories of Belonging" is out now link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Our contributors, all leading specialists, track the stories told by governments about their country's participation in the EU and how they change over time.
National Government Narratives of the EU
This book examines and compares national EU narratives. It brings together leading specialists from across Europe, and asks: What do member states want ...
link.springer.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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First up and hot off the press is @sjc123.bsky.social l @husseinkassim.bsky.social pierrealyrac.bsky.social & Miriam Hartlapp-Zugehör:
'Still struggling to reach the top? Women's career paths in the European Commission'
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Bluesky
pierrealyrac.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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How is the #UK navigating its post-Brexit bilateral diplomacy with its European neighbours? 🤝

@cleodavies.bsky.social & @husseinkassim.bsky.social explore how #EU rules shape UK-EU bilateral ties, limiting the scope, form and content of agreements.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bringing the EU Back In: Rethinking the United Kingdom's Post‐Brexit Bilateralism
Although the bilateral deals it has struck with European neighbours are a key element of the United Kingdom's post-Brexit diplomacy, it would be a mistake to view these understandings as evidence tha...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A start to 2025 for us with the publication in European Union Politics of ‘Still struggling to reach the top? Women officeholders and gendered career pathways in the European Commission’, co-authored article with Pierre Alayrac, Sara Connolly, and Miriam Hartlapp, doi.org/10.1177/1465...
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January 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Wondering how UK-EU relations have fared under Rishi Sunak? Watch 📽️ panels of conference ‘UK-EU Relations in Sunak Era’ @ukandeu.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social @simonusherwood.bsky.social.
🌟🌟panelists, 👌👌 insights,🔥 🔥closing roundtable on Parliamentary scrutiny ukandeu.ac.uk/video-audio/...
UK-EU relations in the Sunak era: conference round-up - UK in a changing Europe
Round up of the UK-EU relations in the Sunak era conference, which brought together leading academics and practitioners to assess what has changed in UK-EU relations since Rishi Sunak became Prime Min...
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 15, 2023 at 1:32 PM
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EU Coordination in the Member States and beyond -workshop no2 at Villa Vigoni:excellent contributions on how the EU operates across Europe - inputs promise an outstanding volume to come! As editors, thanks from @husseinkassim.bsky.social & @EGheidbreder.bsky.social for all who made this possible!
December 6, 2023 at 3:15 PM