How have national identities shaped, and will continue to shape, British politics?

Speakers:

John Denham, Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics and former Labour MP for Southampton Itchen
Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future
Ailsa Henderson, Principal Investigator for the ESRC-funded Scottish Election Study
Mike Kenny, Director, Institute of Public Policy, Cambridge University
Chair: Paula Surridge, Deputy Director, UK in a Changing Europe

National identities and British politics

At the first event in our Spotlight on the G7 mini-series, speakers discussed one of the key priorities for the G7 summit - foreign policy.

Speakers:
Fiona Hill, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London
Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford
Chair: Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe

Spotlight on the G7: The G7 and foreign policy

At this webinar, speakers discussed international climate change and COP26, following on from the G7 summit.

Speakers are:

Andy Jordan, Professor of Environmental Policy, University of East Anglia
Bernice Lee, Founding Director of the Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy and Research Director, Futures at Chatham House
Elisabetta Cornago, Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform
Johannes Urpelainen, Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment, John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Nav Dubash, Professor at Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Jill Rutter, Senior Research Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe

Spotlight on the G7: climate change and COP26

On Christmas Eve 2020, the UK and EU signed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, but the first six months haven't been plain sailing. What does the future hold for the UK-EU relationship? 

Speakers:
Hussein Kassim, Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC
Georgina Wright, Head of the Europe Programme, Institut Montaigne
Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby CMG, Head of the UK Mission to the European Union
Chair: Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe

The future of the UK-EU relationship

At this Isolation Insight event, speakers discussed the economics of Brexit and Covid-19, shortly after England ended coronavirus restrictions.

Speakers:
Ben Chu, economics editor, BBC Newsnight
Meredith Crowley, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
Gemma Tetlow, chief economist, Institute for Government
Jonathan Portes, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
Chair: Anand Menon, director, UK in a Changing Europe

Isolation Insight: Economics of Covid-19 and Brexit, revisited

This event coincided with the launch of our new Policy report. The report looks at how the UK is doing policy differently after Brexit across a number of different areas, including tax, immigration, agriculture and trade

Doing Things Differently - Policy After Brexit

Anand Menon spoke to Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live about Brexit, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, UK-EU relations and more.

Anand Menon on BBC Radio 5 Live: the Protocol, Brexit and UK-EU relations

Jill Rutter speaks to BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight about the allocation of fines following the Met's investigation into partygate.

Jill Rutter on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight: partygate and allocation of fines

Jill Rutter speaks to Times Radio about discussions over the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, what we might expect in terms of a new bill and more.

Jill Rutter on Times Radio: UK-EU relations and the Protocol

Anand Menon speaks to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about what led to Boris Johnson's resignation.

Anand Menon on ABC: Boris Johnson's resignation

Negotiating the future relationship: The view from Brussels
  
With guests Stefaan De Rynck, former Senior Advisor to EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier on Brexit matters and Dan Ferrie, Press Officer for Brexit between November 2016 and December 2019 in the European Commission.

Two insiders from the EU negotiation team offer insights on the EU’s approach to the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal. They discuss the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which forms the basis of the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the UK.

This podcast episode was recorded in March 2021 shortly after the end of the transition period. Its purpose is to gather the recollections of some of those involved in the Brexit process on the EU side. Other views are expressed during the course of the series. For a full range of perspectives on the negotiations, see the UK in a Changing Europe Brexit Witness Archive.

Good Neighbours? The UK and Europe after Brexit: Episode One

The Irish border

With guests Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow of UK in a Changing Europe and David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics at Queen’s University Belfast

Two leading observers explain why the Irish border became such a difficult issue in the UK-EU negotiations. They discuss the views of the people and parties in Northern Ireland, and why the relationship between London and Dublin is so important.

Good Neighbours? The UK and Europe after Brexit: Episode Two

Senior Research Fellow Jill Rutter shared her analysis of #BorisJohnson's and the Commons Privileges Committee on LBC with Shelagh Fogarty

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Jill Rutter on LBC: Boris Johnson and the Commons Privileges Committee

Senior Research Fellow Jill Rutter shared her analysis of #BorisJohnson, the Commons Privileges Committee and why trust matters in politics on BBC Five Live 

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Jill Rutter on BBC Five Live: Should we hold politicians to a higher standard?

Director Anand Menon spoke to OH GOD, WHAT NOW? podcast about the future of Levelling Up once #LizTruss or #RishiSunak becomes Prime Minister 

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Beyond Europe? The UK’s foreign policy after Brexit

With Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent and The Rt Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG of the House of Lords.

This episode looks at UK foreign policy before and after Brexit, and where ‘Europe’ fits. It explores how UK foreign policy evolved over the four decades of membership. It also considers UK foreign policy since Brexit.

Good Neighbours? The UK and Europe After Brexit: Episode Six

Liz Truss is to become the UK’s next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest. 

At the 2021 Conservative Party conference the UK in a Changing Europe partnered with ConservativeHome to bring an in conversation between with Anand Menon and the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

In Conversation: Prime Minister Liz Truss on building a Network of Liberty post-Brexit (2021)

After Brexit: whatever happened to the Anglosphere?

With Michael Kenny, Professor at POLIS at the University of Cambridge; Leslie Vinjamuri, Director of the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House; and Srdjan Vucetic, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

This episode looks at the Anglosphere. It discusses how it has influenced the UK’s relationship with Europe and the UK’s post-Brexit foreign policy, and the extent to which it’s a political programme.

Good Neighbours? The UK and Europe After Brexit: Episode Seven

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times, is author of 'What went wrong with Brexit', published by Canongate Books. 

Offering a clear-eyed discussion of the practical effects of Brexit on UK businesses, this book outlines the steps – political, economic, and diplomatic –the UK could follow if it is to address the problems he has identified.

Books On Brexit: Peter Foster

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan de Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Stefaan de Rynck, Head of the EU Representation in Belgium, and former senior advisor to Michel Barnier, is author of 'Inside the Deal: How the EU got Brexit done', published by Columbia University Press.

Noting the distance between perceptions of the negotiations in the UK and the EU, this book gives an unvarnished account of the EU approach in the face of a constantly changing cast of actors on the UK side.

Books On Brexit: Stefaan de Rynck

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan de Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Philip Cunliffe, Associate Professor, the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, is co-author with George Hoare, Lee Jones, and Peter Ramsay of 'Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit', published by Polity.
"Leaving the EU was a necessary but insufficient step for building democratic sovereignty", this book argues, then sets out its proposals for building a democratic nation.

Books On Brexit: Philip Cunliffe

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Michel Barnier, French politician, former European Commissioner, and EU chief negotiator, is author of 'My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion', translated by Robin Mackay, and published by Polity. From Brussels to London, from Dublin to Nicosia, Michel Barnier’s secret diary gives an insider’s account of the hidden world of Brexit and those who made it happen.

This episode was recorded in early July 2023.

Books on Brexit: Michel Barnier

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, is co-author with Stefan Telle of 'The EU’s Response to Brexit: United and Effective', published by Palgrave Macmillan. The first detailed analysis of the EU’s response to the UK referendum result, this book recounts how the EU was able to create and preserve its unity, and protect the polity.

Books on Brexit: Brigid Laffan

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Robert Tombs, Emeritus Professor of French History and Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, is author of 'This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe', published by Allen Lane. In this succinct book, Robert Tombs shows that the decision to leave the EU is historically explicable by Britain's very different historical experience, especially in the twentieth century, and because of our more extensive and deeper ties outside Europe. He challenges the orthodox view that Brexit was due solely to British or English exceptionalism: in choosing to leave the EU, the British, he argues, were in many ways voting as typical Europeans.

Books on Brexit: Robert Tombs

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

Mary C. Murphy, Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, University College Cork and Jonathan Evershed, Newman Fellow, University College Dublin, are authors of 'A Troubled Constitutional Future: Northern Ireland after Brexit, published by Agenda Publishing. Mary and Jonathan examine the factors, actors and dynamics that are most likely to be influential, and potentially transformative, in determining Northern Ireland's constitutional future. This book offers an assessment of how Brexit and its fallout may lead to constitutional upheaval, and a cautionary warning about the need to prepare for it.

Books on Brexit: Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed

‘Books on Brexit’ is a podcast for anyone interested in the UK and the EU. Our guest authors represent a range of views on how we got here, and future prospects for the UK and UK-EU relations. They include: Michel Barnier, Philip Cunliffe, Stefaan De Rynck, Peter Foster, Brigid Laffan, Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed, and Robert Tombs.

In this eposide, we are joined by John Erik Fossum, Christopher Lord and Merethe Dotterud Leiren who are co-authors, with a number of other colleagues, of the book ‘Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK - On Autonomy and Wriggle Room, published by Routledge. This book examines Norway’s affiliation to the EU and assesses the potential suitability of this arrangement for the UK post-Brexit. It also looks at the relationship between Norway and the UK.The book’s framework is the broader European context. Through an in-depth assessment of the Norway case, the authors ask how much autonomy and room for manoeuvre non-member states have when dealing with the EU. In doing so, the book provides insights about the post-Brexit European political order. And the books analytical framework of autonomy under complex interdependence has relevance well beyond the confines of the Norway case, including the UK, not least since the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) leaves considerable uncertainty.

Books on Brexit: John Erik Fossum, Christopher Lord and Merethe Dotterud Leiren

Our deputy Director Professor Tim Bale and Senior fellow Professor Meg Russell discuss what happens next with Brexit now that we have a Conservative majority government, what we can expect with a UK's trade deal with the European Union and what we should be looking out for in 2020. They were joined by our podcaster James Millar.

Brexit Breakdown podcast with Professors Meg Russell and Tim Bale

Professor Jonathan Portes argues that it'll be unlikely that the UK will get a trade deal by the end of the year. Jonathan also discusses how an extension to the transition period is unlikely and what a no deal will mean for businesses

Jonathan Portes on BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live:  leaving without a deal

This Isolation Insight webinar looked at the latest state of play of the Brexit negotiations and the challenges ahead.

Speakers :
David O'Sullivan, former European Union ambassador to the United States
Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC
Bruno Waterfield, Brussels Correspondent, The Times
Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe
Chair: Jill Rutter, Senior Research Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe

Brexit: six months of stalemate

How does Germany view Brexit? How did Berlin approach the negotiations? What does the post-Brexit future hold for relations between Germany and the UK?

Eva G Heidbreder from the Otto-von Guericke University in Magdeburg and Nicolai von Ondarza from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin join Cleo Davies and Hussein Kassim to discuss.

Negotiating Brexit: the view from Germany

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