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Theresa May’s last chance

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May 27, 2025

British ambassador to the US: The UK must ‘become less dependent on America, while remaining inseparably linked’

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Peter Mandelson

In speaking at the Atlantic Council’s 2025 Christopher J. Makins Lecture, Peter Mandelson outlined how the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe can foster peace through military, economic, and technological strength.

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Theresa May’s last chance

New Atlanticist
May 15, 2025

Can the EU-UK summit lead to a new post-Brexit partnership?

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Ed Owen

With shared challenges at home and abroad, the United Kingdom and European Union have an opportunity to renew their trade and security ties.

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Theresa May’s last chance

New Atlanticist
Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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L. Daniel Mullaney

As US President Donald Trump begins his second term, the United Kingdom is the right partner for the United States, and now is the right time for a deal.

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British Ambassador to the United States The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson speaks at the 2025 Christopher J. Makins lecture to discuss the significance of the transatlantic relationship during this unprecedented geopolitical period.

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New Atlanticist

May 21, 2019

Theresa May’s last chance

By John M. Roberts

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled on May 21 a supposed new deal for Britain’s departure from the European Union that looks remarkably like the deal Parliament has already rejected three times.

European Union Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

May 17, 2019

A political death warrant for Theresa May – and Brexit?

By John M. Roberts

After weeks of stagnation and accusations that Britain had a zombie government and parliament, suddenly everything is moving again at almost lightning speed. 

European Union United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

May 8, 2019

China wants to ‘divide western alliances through bits and bytes,’ warns Pompeo

By David A. Wemer

In a speech in London on May 8, Pompeo also said US intelligence sharing relationships with its friends and allies are at stake.

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New Atlanticist

May 1, 2019

The Huawei challenge

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Despite an effort by the United States to persuade its friends and allies not to use 5G wireless communications technology developed by Huawei, many will find it hard to avoid doing business with the Chinese telecom giant altogether.

China National Security

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2019

Brussels agreed to Brexit extension to avoid no deal, EU official says

By David A. Wemer

EU official signals that the EU would be open to a compromise that passed the Withdrawal Agreement but changed the political declaration.

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Apr 11, 2019

A little knowledge on Brexit

By John M. Roberts

We still do not know how, or when, or even whether, Britain will make its exit from the EU.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2019

The spark that launched Brexit has returned and could torpedo compromise

By Barbara C. Matthews

Serious efforts by EU regulators to extend their standards extraterritorially into London could easily provide pro-Brexit policy makers in London one more reason to resist compromise.

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Apr 4, 2019

Brexit breaks Britain’s parties

By John M. Roberts

Curiously, while it is not possible to calculate just what will be the immediate outcome of the current Brexit imbroglio, it is already possible to gauge some of the longer-term consequences.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2019

Theresa May’s poisoned chalice

By John M. Roberts

The prime minister’s appeal to Jeremy Corbyn constituted a last-ditch attempt to try to wrest at least a degree of control of the Brexit process back into her own hands.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2019

Theresa May’s day of ignominy

By John M. Roberts

The fifty-eight-vote defeat means that while nothing is clear concerning Britain’s future relations with the EU, May’s own future is settled. She has none.

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