European Union

Brexit: The View from Japan (or the “Tokyo Consensus”)

Tomohiko Taniguchi • Apr 2 2017 • Articles

The benefits of Brexit for Japan, which are largely geo-political, could offset its costs, which are mostly economic.

UK Overseas Territories and Brexit

Peter Clegg • Mar 7 2017 • Articles

Concerns remain that the territories could find themselves attached to a weaker and more isolated UK, which may well damage their own future security and prosperity.

Does Brexit Herald a Re-assertion of the Nation-state?

John Erik Fossum • Mar 7 2017 • Articles

When it comes to a re-assertion of nations, states or nation-states we may not see clear or uniform patterns.

Twitter as a Platform to Reflect Eurosceptic Views in Turkey

Çiğdem Üstün • Mar 5 2017 • Articles

The long duration of negotiations on migration along with growing economic and security difficulties in Turkey have led to growing Euroscepticism in the state.

Gibraltar, Brexit and the Impossibility of ‘leaving Europe’

Jamie Trinidad • Mar 2 2017 • Articles

Nowhere will be hit harder by Brexit than Gibraltar.

Symposium – Does Brexit Herald a Re-assertion of the European Nation-state?

Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni • Feb 20 2017 • Articles

The nation-state is back. Yet, the apparent resurgence of European nation-states is about more than the practical failings of the EU or its perceived democratic deficit.

Interview – Michelle Cini

E-International Relations • Feb 17 2017 • Features

Michelle Cini discusses the impact Brexit may have on the UK and the EU, the steps the EU is taking towards reform, and provides advice for young scholars of EU politics.

EU-NATO Relations in the Era of Trump and of the European Defence Union

Luigi Lonardo • Feb 17 2017 • Articles

With President Trump, the Warsaw declaration is now more important as it delivers quite clearly what were the hopes and fears of the Obama administration and of the EU.

An Intimate Friendship between Scotland and the European Union?

Arjan Schakel • Feb 15 2017 • Articles

The Brexit is a God-given gift for Scottish nationalists.

Hitler’s Long Shadow: Donald Trump and Angela Merkel

Klaus Larres • Feb 8 2017 • Articles

In a volatile world, the US and Germany ought to cooperate with each other. Perhaps Donald Trump will realise that international cooperation, is advantageous to the US.

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