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A new way forward for Brexit?

New Atlanticist
Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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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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A new way forward for Brexit?

New Atlanticist
Jan 7, 2025

What the new British ambassador to the US means for the ‘special relationship’

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Ed Owen

The new envoy to Washington is a politician, not a career diplomat. That might be just what the US-UK relationship needs at this moment.

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A new way forward for Brexit?

New Atlanticist
Jul 11, 2024

UK foreign secretary: Why NATO remains core to British security

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With a return of war to Europe and security threats rising, strengthening Britain’s relationships with its closest allies is firmly in the national interest, writes UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2019

A new way forward for Brexit?

By David A. Wemer

The vote on the “Brady Amendment” was seen as a victory for May who dramatically shifted her support from her own withdrawal deal toward renegotiation in order to achieve some consensus within her Conservative Party for a passable deal.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2019

Fixing the European Union’s Brexit strategy

By Frances G. Burwell

The EU, by sequencing first the exit accord and only later the building of the future relationship, has constructed a deal which is unacceptable in the UK.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2019

Yet another crisis day in Britain’s Brexit saga

By John M. Roberts

May doesn’t have to just deal with Parliament, she also has to address the practicalities of her Brexit plan.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2019

May survives confidence vote, but now must deliver a new Brexit plan

By David A. Wemer

After surviving the no-confidence vote, May told Parliament that she believes it is her duty to deliver Brexit to the British people.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2019

Lessons in leadership: Theresa May and Brexit

By Nicholas Dungan

From the beginning, May and most others in Britain—not only in politics but even, perhaps especially, in the media—completely misjudged the nature of the withdrawal process with the EU.

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jan 16, 2019

Compromising Brexit: The challenge for May – and Corbyn

By John M. Roberts

So far, the focus has been on the idea that somehow, with just seventy two days left to go before Britain is scheduled to leave the EU, Corbyn and May might find a positive way to cooperate for the good of the country.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2019

May’s Brexit deal stumbles in Parliament. Now she is fighting to save her government.

By David A. Wemer

At the end of her remarks on January 15, May promised that her government will not simply “run down the clock” toward the Brexit deadline.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2019

The Brexit uncertainty that worries Ireland

By John M. Roberts

The Good Friday Agreement, which had to be approved by referenda on both sides of the border, ensured agreement in Dublin as well as Belfast that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the UK so long as its population voted to remain with Britain.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2019

May’s Brexit deal faces another test. What if it fails?

By David A. Wemer

It remains unclear whether May’s government allies have been able to convince enough MPs to support the deal.

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Dec 21, 2018

Economic Outlook for 2019

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December 2018 is set to become the worst year-end finish for US markets since 1931. A yield curve inversion combined with the fourth annual rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and growing geo-political uncertainty, triggered widespread angst among US investors about an economic slowdown and the increasing probability of a recession. This edition of the EconoGraphic assesses key economic indicators to make a case that while a slowing of the US economy seems certain, a recession in the next two years remains unlikely.

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