Kirsty Hughes is a writer and commentator on European and international politics. She has worked at a number of leading European thinktanks including Chatham House, Friends of Europe, and the Centre for European Policy Studies and has published extensively including books, reports and as a journalist. She has also worked as a senior political adviser in the European Commission, for Oxfam as head of advocacy, and was CEO at Index on Censorship.
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Published in: HomeGathering clouds over digital freedom?The debate over the direction of the web has just started, and contradictory messages that need careful scrutiny are...
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Published in: HomeLost in a 1990s timewarp: the UK and the European UnionIs the crucial change in the UK's position in the EU, that demands a referendum, really the need to extend UK...
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Published in: HomeWhat future for a Greece in crisis?
Will Greece see a process of painful rebuilding, be mired in stagnation and despair - or even face a social explosion?
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Published in: HomeAnother summit, another bleak day for European democracy
The new 'fiscal compact' treaty agreed at Monday's summit aims to take vital economic policy choices out of the...
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Published in: HomeEU democracy in crisis: mired in a perfect storm or rebounding?If the heart of the crisis lies in the politics – including in the politics of the economic policy choices being...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK and Europe: how much damage did Cameron's veto do?
Reactions are still rolling in, just over a week after Cameron's veto. Was it the tantrum of an 'obstinate kid'?...