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Brexit a Boon for Europe’s Far-Right Populists

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Jul 16, 2025

Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente

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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

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Brexit a Boon for Europe’s Far-Right Populists

New Atlanticist
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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Brexit a Boon for Europe’s Far-Right Populists

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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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 24, 2016

Brexit a Boon for Europe’s Far-Right Populists

By Alina Polyakova

The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union will provide a massive boost to the isolationist, anti-immigrant, and eurosceptic policies of Europe’s far-right political parties.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2016

EU Needs a ‘Huge Transformation’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

We asked our experts to tell us what the European Union needs to do differently in light of the referendum. This is what they had to say: Andrea Montanino is the director of the Global Business and Economics Program at the Atlantic Council. He was formerly executive director of the International Monetary Fund representing the […]

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 24, 2016

Montanino Joins CNBC to Discuss Brexit

By Andrea Montanino

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 24, 2016

Montanino Joins LA 7 to Discuss Brexit

By Montanino

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 24, 2016

Pavel Quoted by Washington Post on Brexit’s Potential ‘Copycats’

By Barry Pavel

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 24, 2016

The Disunited Kingdom

By John M. Roberts

Welcome to the Disunited Kingdom. The country formally known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has just voted to leave the European Union, whilst revealing in the process just how divided it has become, just how alienated its voters are from their elected leaders. The problems confronting the victors are enormous.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, May 18, 2016

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Jun 22, 2016

NATO Chief Says UK Staying in the EU is Key to Fighting Terrorism

By Julian Borger, Guardian

In an interview with the Guardian at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general, also warned that a “fragmented Europe” would exacerbate “instability and unpredictability” in the region.

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 22, 2016

Dungan Quoted by CNN on Brexit and the US Presidential Election

By Nicholas Dungan

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 21, 2016

Brexit or Bremain, What the EU Desperately Needs is Reform

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council experts discuss what Brussels needs to do differently British voters will take part in a referendum on June 23 to decide whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union. Latest polls show a close race. For months, proponents and opponents of the so-called Brexit have made their case to the British […]

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 21, 2016

Burwell Quoted by CNN on Brexit and the Implications for the United States

By Frances Burwell

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