The UK’s Global Role Post-Brexit: What is Worth Researching?
Britain has been damaged by Brexit, but this could be overcome with time and the UK may prove to be a fascinating case study of the usefulness (or not) of the soft power concept.
In Search of British Exceptionalism Post-Brexit
The UK’s political leaders are ultimately interested in the idea and practice of global influence. We should expect to see more of this even in the trying months ahead.
Opinion – The UK’s Complicated and Contradictory COVID-19 Moment
The economic recovery and global governance framework that emerges from COVID-19 will test Britain’s clout and global outlook beyond Brexit.
Brexit, Hong Kong and the Arab Spring: Voices of the People
Demands for change, whether on the streets or via the ballot box, underline how people living in both democratic and non-democratic states want more from those in power.
A Recessional Power: How Britain’s Claim to Be a Great Power Has Been Fatally Undercut
As other countries rise, Britain’s downward trajectory will only deepen and in time will mark a relegation from the ranks of the great powers.
Review – Race and the Undeserving Poor: From Abolition to Brexit
Shilliam tells the story of colonial and postcolonial Britain and the book’s power lies in its ability to not only narrate a history but also to portend its future.
Post-Brexit EU Defence Policy: Is Germany Leading towards a European Army?
In the wake of Trump’s unilateralism, France and Germany have repeated proposals to create a European army, but different ideas persist about what this would mean.
The British Labour Party after Brexit
Only time will tell if the Labour party will cope with the post-Brexit challenges or spiral into a downward trend akin to other European centre-left parties.
Grexit and Brexit: Lessons for the European Union
The two crises are largely attributable to the inability of the EU to successfully present itself as the solution to the problems of globalisation and its inability to counter critical domestic narratives.
European Parliaments in Times of Coronavirus
Governments are calling the shots in this time of emergency. This becomes problematic if there is no clear end to this ‘state of danger’ and when (new) crisis measures are no longer democratically debated.
