Michael Higham
@michaelhigham11.bsky.social
European Politics PhD at King's College London. Researching exceptionalism in the EU, political myths, and legitimacy.
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Commission President Von der Leyen’s 2025 State of the Union Address. A call to action, but is anybody listening? - UK in a changing Europe
Hussein Kassim reflects on Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address on Wednesday 10 September and her terms as President of the European Commission.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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- 8/20 He stresses that while the EU's first decades could draw on memories of war and the goodwill of strong economic growth, those have both dried up (correct, but for my money this was the weakest part of his speech: as the experience in central and eastern Europe is very different).
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
- 8/20 He stresses that while the EU's first decades could draw on memories of war and the goodwill of strong economic growth, those have both dried up (correct, but for my money this was the weakest part of his speech: as the experience in central and eastern Europe is very different).
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It is only sentimental American exceptionalism that makes what Trump is doing any different from "increasingly dictatorial president uses military to assert power in capital city".
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It is only sentimental American exceptionalism that makes what Trump is doing any different from "increasingly dictatorial president uses military to assert power in capital city".
Because HE is already bursting at the seams. Simply, there aren’t enough jobs to go around. So adding US-based researchers to the mix will just oversaturate an already incredibly competitive marketplace. Also worth noting that there’s slightly less competition and more funding in Norwegian academia.
April 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Because HE is already bursting at the seams. Simply, there aren’t enough jobs to go around. So adding US-based researchers to the mix will just oversaturate an already incredibly competitive marketplace. Also worth noting that there’s slightly less competition and more funding in Norwegian academia.