Author: Alecsis Rosca Editors: Ruth Lucas and Prachi Saraf Leaders can beget an irrational amount of respect and admiration on one side, as well as fear and despise on the other when there is an effective use of charisma, authority or cultural background in a given political context. When any of these are intertwined with exceptional action, the result is a bolster in their public standing, to the point of creating a cult of personality . But popularity does not necessarily

Author: Eleni Anagnostopoulou Editors: Siddharth G. Khare and Soline Germond In light of Russia's direct use of military force against Ukraine, a country bordering the EU, the European Commission officially proposed the suspension of the 2007 EU-Russia Visa Facilitation Agreement on September 6. The European Council approved this policy a few days later. Subsequently, the application fees, required documents and processing times for issuing short-stay visas to Russian citi

Author: Christopher Gooding Editors: Siddharth G. Khare and Soline Germond Image 1: Give Asylum Seekers the Right to Work One of Rishi Sunak’s five biggest aims for this year is tackling illegal immigration. A problem that has repeatedly befuddled successive Tory governments and Home Office bureaucrats for the best part of a decade. Yet, as No.10 and the Home Office target their efforts at getting a grip on channel migrant crossings (the so-called ‘ invasion of our Southern C