The Commonwealth needs a China policy. As China’s international presence grows, as it flexes global muscles, as our post-1945 global order crumbles, and as individual Commonwealth nations increasingly face their own China-related crises, it is surely time to express a common defence of human rights and democratic values. Read more here.

When written in Chinese, the word crisis contains two elements – one ‘danger’, and the other ‘opportunity’. One might ponder how the current Covid-19 pandemic crisis might impact on the Commonwealth – threats but also opportunities? Read more here.

The 900-million strong Indian electorate has spoken – and the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been swept decisively back to power. Read more here.

The ‘greatest political show on earth’, as it has sometimes been dubbed, is underway in India. In all 900 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots – there was a 66 percent voter turnout last time round – to decide if Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done enough to justify a second five-year term in office as he and his Hindu-based Bhratiya Janta Party desperately seek. Read more here.

UK universities are engaged with the Commonwealth Secretariat in an initiative to tackle radicalisation on campuses across the Commonwealth. Read more here.

Chapter in Alan Montefiore & David Vines (eds.), Integrity in the Public and Private Domains. Routledge. pp. 190 (1999). Read more here.

The Europaeum Bulletin was edited by Paul Flather as Secretary General of Europaeum from 2003 until 2017. Links to follow..

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