As World War Two got under way, people in Britain had to adjust to the fear of bombing, and find the will to resist German invasion. In May 1940, Hitler's armies swept through western Europe ...

Nor are Britain’s vital national interests now more intertwined with those of its European neighbours than ever before. We have always looked across the Channel to defend our national security ...

Ideas of a federated Europe began to escalate around the time of the Second World War with the establishment of organisations exploring what a post-war Europe should look like. These include: ...

In one of his first trips overseas Foreign Secretary visited Germany, Poland and Sweden, but before he wrote a piece in the The Local Europe, where Lammy looks forward to Britain reconnecting with ...

For the roots of mass British Euroscepticism you have to go further back than Nigel Farage to a defining moment in the UK’s relationship with the European Union – the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ...

The Department of International History (@lsehistory) teaches and conducts research on the international history of Britain, Europe and the world from the early modern era up to the present day. If ...