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Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

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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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Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

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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Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

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

Feb 14, 2019

Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

By Richard Chew

There are only three possible end destinations: no deal, no Brexit, or a deal. Any deal will look quite a lot like the deal on the table.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2019

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Gets Underway in London

By Jack Watson

The two-day event is a unique and innovative cyber crisis and policy response simulation. The UK edition is part of a wider Atlantic Council effort to foster the next generation of multidisciplinary cyber professionals.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2019

Can a post-Brexit United Kingdom remain united?

By John M. Roberts

Britain’s vote to leave the EU was, in large part, the result of appeals to atavistic English nationalist impulses. Who is to say that the same impulses won’t prompt Scotland to leave the UK?

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New Atlanticist

Jan 30, 2019

Can Theresa May change Brussels’ mind?

By David A. Wemer

The reaction in Europe to May’s latest attempts to achieve revision of the Withdrawal Agreement "was one of exasperation," Bart Oosterveld said.

European Union United Kingdom

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.

European Union United Kingdom

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.

European Union Trade and tariffs

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.

European Union United Kingdom

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.

European Union United Kingdom

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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