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Tag: United Kingdom
“The UK’s Integrated Review and the future of cyber”, Danny Steed (Elcano, Spain)
The long-awaited Integrated Review was released in March by the British government, promising the most radical shakeup in the UK’s […]
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“Exploiting and transcending the Johnson binary: the prospects for an electoral pact”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Division has been central to the electoral strength of the Johnson Conservative Party. It might also prove key to understanding […]
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“How sick is British democracy?: a clinical analysis”, Richard Rose (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list. This […]
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“Deep Causes behind Brexit”, Somai Miklós (IWE CERS, Hungary)
In an in/out referendum, held on 23 June 2016, the British electorate chose to leave the European Union. This paper […]
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“Scotland’s Elections and the Fragmenting UK: Where Next?”, Dr Kirsty Hughes (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Dr Kirsty Hughes analyses the implications of the Scottish elections and discusses where Scotland’s politics may go next. She argues […]
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“A European giant little known in the UK”, Jaap Hoeksma (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Jaap Hoeksma argues that the discrepancy between the Brexiteer’s portrayal of the EU as the ultimate dictatorship and the EU’s […]
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“A European giant little known in the UK”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The Director of the Trust reviews a new book by his predecessor entitled “Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard”. This book is a […]
Read moreA further delay of Brexit: mixed feelings
On 10 April the European Council decided to extend the departure deadline for the UK until, ultimately, the end of […]
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“Taking Back Control? The UK Parliament and the Brexit Withdrawal Negotiations”, Tim Oliver (IAI, Italy)
Tim Oliver, Taking Back Control? The UK Parliament and the Brexit Withdrawal Negotiations, IAI Commentaries, 19:10, IAI, February 2019 Britain’s […]
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“Extending Article 50: Brussels Geopolitical Play”, Alan Riley (CIDOB, Spain)
Alan Riley, Extending Article 50: Brussels Geopolitical Play, February 2019 The chaos in the House of Commons on 29th January had […]
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“Brexit: Can Parliament Take Control?”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, UK)
“Brexit: Can Parliament Take Control?”, Brendan Donnelly, January 2019 Brendan Donnelly reviews the consequences of the defeat in Parliament of the […]
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“Brexit: A national government or “no deal””, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, UK)
“Brexit: A national government or “no deal””, Brendan Donnelly, December 2018 Brendan Donnelly argues that a People’s Vote may well […]
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“UK Counters Rise of White Supremacists”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
Francis Ghilès, UK Counters Rise of White Supremacists, November 2018 The recent move to give Britain’s domestic security agency MI5 […]
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“Scotland and London: a constitutional crisis over Brexit?”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Last week the Scottish parliament rejected the Brexit or EU withdrawal bill. A majority of Scottish lawmakers want a substantial […]
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“Gibraltar, a possible solution: diffused sovereignty and shared functions”, Ignacio Molina (Elcano, Spain)
Brexit opens a small window of opportunity to attempt to resolve the status of Gibraltar. Read it here
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“Brexit: differentiated disintegration in the European Union”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
in: Journal of European Public Policy 25, 2018 The decision of the Cameron government to renegotiate the terms of UK membership […]
Read more“The Decline of the Big Five”, Veronika Bílková, (IIR, Czech Republic)
Is the supremacy of the Big Five, inherited from the mid-20th century, on the brink of its decline? Have the […]
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Cancelling Brexit: Possible theoretically, but difficult politically, Juha Jokela (FIIA)
Political difficulties and heightened economic concerns have increased calls to cancel the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Yet a […]
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“Grade inflation? Brexit and Canada + + +”, Blick, Andrew, December 2017 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew Blick argues that the concessions that the UK enjoys as an EU […]
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“Brexit is a blank sheet of paper that can never be filled in”, Donnelly, Brendan, December 2017 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s director Brendan Donnelly argues that the ambiguous and variously defined terms “soft” and “hard” Brexit have outlived […]
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“A new referendum, but this time about reality?”, Donnelly, Brendan, January 2018 (The Federal Trust, UK)
The Federal Trust’s director Brendan Donnelly explains why he thinks why there will be and should be another referendum before […]
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“Britain: devoid of a project”, Andrés Ortega, December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)
Meetings in the context of Brexit have pointed out something important: Brexit seems to be an empty project. None knows […]
Read more“Brexit: What if Britain changes its mind?”, Andrew Duff (EPC)
Recent excursions by Tony Blair and numerous others from the British establishment have lit up the argument about whether the […]
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Conference: “If picking and choosing were possible: The ideal post-Brexit partnership”, 23 January 2018, (IIA, Iceland)
This conference is part of a recently awarded Jean Monnet Projects grant. The project’s name is “Post-Brexit Europe: Lessons from […]
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The United Kingdom is Spain’s major global partner, Iliana Olivié, (Elcano Institute)
With an index value of 204.1 points, Spain ranks 12th (out of 100 countries) in the latest edition of Elcano […]
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The UK withdrawal from the EU – Legal implications for Norway as party to the EEA Agreement, Christophe Hillion (NUPI, Norway)
By leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom withdraws from all EU international commitments. The disentanglement of the UK […]
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The joint sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar: benefits for all, Martín Ortega Carcelén (Elcano, Spain)
In the wake of the Brexit referendum, Spain submitted a negotiation proposal to the UK on Gibraltar that put joint […]
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A Discourse Analysis of the UK Referendum Campaign on EU Membership, Elisabeth Weißbecker (IEP, Germany)
In this IEP Research Paper the author Elisabeth Weißbecker uses Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse “The Facts of Life […]
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Running out of steam? Brexit and the future of EU energy policy, Aurélie Faure-Schuyer (Elcano, Spain)
The UK, a traditional energy importer, will have to realign its domestic energy and climate policy goals. It also remains […]
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Brexit: Reasons and challenges, Zsuzsánna Biedermann & Miklós Somai (IWE, Hungary)
This paper reviews the deeper societal and economic reasons behind the British choice of leaving the European Union. We address […]
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