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Policy Network is an international thinktank dedicated to promoting progressive policies and the renewal of social democracy. Policy Network facilitates the sharing of ideas and experiences among politicians, policymakers and experts on the centre-left. Read more about what we do.

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Progressive Governance Conference

Bringing together prominent political leaders and senior policy-experts from the UK, Europe and around the world, Policy Network will host a Progressive Governance Conference on “Growth strategies after the crisis.”
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Science and its sceptics

Director of the Science Museum, professor Chris Rapley, will join Anthony Giddens and Roger Liddle for a politics of climate change breakfast seminar on science and its sceptics. The event will take place in London on 10 March.
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A billion voices: the making of Indian foreign policy

A billion voices: the making of india foreign policy

Discussing the making of Indian foreign policy, Kanti Bajpai, professor of international relations at Oxford University will address a Foresight project seminar on India's role in a multipolar world. The event will take place in London on 25 February.
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Cameron's Europe policy

Coy on how he might approach EU integration, David Cameron is playing a high stakes game which could have long-term implications for Britain and Europe, warn Roger Liddle and Simon Latham.
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Big players: a positive Accord

The new Copenhagen Accord recognises core geopolitical realities, and works with rather than against them, says Anthony Giddens in a new Policy Network article.
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Challenging the politics of evasion

Social democracy is suspended between embarassment and complacency. In challenging this "politics of evasion", this paper offers a candid assessment of social democracy today, calling for a much needed period of ideological renewal.
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Democracy, climate change and global governance

The urgent challenge of climate change poses a critical test for democracy and international politics. In this paper, David Held and Angus Fane-Hervey set-out the policy menu ahead for reforging a rules-based politics, from the nation state to the global level.
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The Amsterdam process

Policy Network and the Wiardi Beckman Stichting have jointly initiated a new and ambitious process of reflection and strategic thinking entitled "The ideological renewal of European Social Democracy: A new revisionism for the 21st century".
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González Reflection Group

The González Reflection Group came to London on 9 December for a high-level consultation, organised by Policy Network, UACES and the University of Oxford, on the key internal and external challenges which the EU is likely to face in 2020-2030.
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Managing the welfare impacts of migration

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Denham addressed Policy Network’s seminar “Managing the welfare impacts of migration in times of economic turbulence”, on 1 December at the British Academy in London.
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An EU "fit for purpose" in the global age: Can we rise to the challenge?

Providing a compelling analysis of how the EU needs to evolve and operate if it is to live up to the expectations and hopes of many of its citizens, this Policy Network report presents the conclusions of the EU "fit for purpose" research project.
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Rescuing the European project: EU legitimacy, governance and security

Asking how politics can deliver for the majority of EU citizens, this edited volume considers how the EU might secure, renew and expand its basis of legitimacy at a crucial point in the history of European integration.
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The EU in a world in transition: Fit for what purpose?

As fears of marginalisation in a rapidly changing world rise, this edited volume considers how the EU can redefine its role as a major political entity and confront the external challenges it must face up to.
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After the crisis: A new socio-economic settlement for the EU

At a watershed moment in the evolution of European economic governance, this edited volume sets out the socio-economic challenges facing Europe after the global crisis and what political challenges these entail.
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