

UK sets its sights eastward
A tilt to Indo-Pacific is the key element in a policy review for a post-Brexit Global Britain The latest review of Britain’s defence and...
Apr 1, 20215 min read


UK’s vision is confident, but success is a long way off
The Integrated Review leads to questions of whether the UK’s ambitious plans for its future international relevance will produce...
Mar 16, 20213 min read


EU UK Mission: improbable fallout?
The EU’s Delegation to the UK that opened on 1 February 2020 was a symbolic and practical diplomatic response to the UK’s departure from...
Jan 27, 20214 min read


EU-UK relations: Time for a ‘new normal’ post-Brexit
With a trade and cooperation agreement finally in place, the European Union and the UK can now rebuild their broader relationship and...
Jan 5, 20213 min read


Starmer stymied? Labour and the future of UK-EU relations
The Parliamentary Labour Party is currently agonising on whether it will vote in support of the future relationship agreement that the UK...
Dec 1, 20205 min read


E3 Cooperation Beyond Brexit: Challenging but Necessary
This article was written jointly with Alice Billon-Galland and first appeared as an Expert Comment for Chatham House. In the current...
Sep 2, 20204 min read


Why the UK Has Taken Foreign Policy Out of Brexit Negotiations
The UK government is no longer pursuing agreement with the EU on foreign policy, development and defence because it thinks the stakes are...
Jun 30, 20204 min read


Security and defence post Brexit
The post-Brexit foreign, security and defence policy relationship between the EU and the UK has attracted far less attention than the...
Feb 6, 20204 min read


In Next Round of EU Negotiations, Britain Faces Familiar Pitfalls
This article was written with Thomas Raines and first appeared as an Expert Comment for Chatham House Despite being free of the...
Jan 31, 20204 min read


The insecurity of a new no-deal Brexit Prime Minister
This article was first published by the London School of Economics The economic consequences of the UK leaving the European Union without...
Jul 1, 20195 min read


Britain Is Failing to Plan for a Post-Brexit Europe
This article was first published by Chatham House Preoccupation with the Brexit process is blinding the UK to the other challenges to its...
May 20, 20193 min read


Rebooting the UK Foreign Secretary Role
This article was first published by Chatham House With Jeremy Hunt replacing Boris Johnson as foreign secretary, the UK government has...
Aug 1, 20183 min read