"UK-EU foreign, security and defence co-operation" UK in a Changing Europe Report
This new report highlights how Labour and the Conservatives differ in their approach to foreign policy with the EU, and what this could...
Apr 2, 20241 min read
The European security landscape is now unrecognisable from before Brexit
A willingness to undertake previously unthinkable actions, big increases in defence expenditure, and significant shifts in the security...
Apr 2, 20244 min read
"Building on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement: How the UK and the EU can cooperate better for economic growth and political stability"
Conservative European Forum has launched an inquiry into the future of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement asking witnesses for evidence...
Mar 15, 20241 min read
The United Kingdom and the E3
UK in a Changing Europe and the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London hosted an online event on ‘The United Kingdom and the...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
The E3
The E3 is an informal foreign and security cooperation arrangement between the UK, Germany and France. Kamila Kwapińska and Richard G....
Oct 30, 20236 min read
UK Foreign Policy in the Post-Brexit World
A conversation with Glasgow loves EU, part of the European Movement in Scotland.
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Has the UK Found a New Post-Brexit Foreign and Security Policy?
A conversation with Dr Neil Melvin on the new trade arrangements between the EU and the UK over the NI trading, the weakening movements...
Mar 8, 20231 min read
UK-Europe relations finally head in the right direction
This commentary, co-authored with Pepijn Bergsen and Alice Billon-Galland, outlines the reasons why plenty of opportunities exist to...
Jan 24, 20234 min read
Are we seeing the slow death of Global Britain?
A commentary on UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly’s speech on 12 November, highlighting the absence of the previously ubiquitous phrase...
Dec 16, 20224 min read
Why Britain should support the European Political Community
After weeks of reported deliberation, Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, will travel to Prague to attend the inaugural meeting of the...
Oct 4, 20225 min read
Good Neighbours? The UK and Europe after Brexit
In this podcast Richard talks to the Rt Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG of the House of Lords about UK foreign policy before and...
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Taking a bearing of the UK with the EU’s Strategic Compass
The EU’s Strategic Compass, agreed by the Member States in February doesn’t take much of a bearing on the UK’s role in European security....
Jun 1, 20225 min read
The UK, Brexit and the Canada Model
This commentary reflects back on Brexit and in particular the degree to which the UK's new relationship with the EU reflects the Canada...
Jun 25, 20214 min read
The United Kingdom: Europe’s ‘diplomatic vanguard’
Since leaving the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) has taken a position as Europe’s diplomatic vanguard. This has been...
Jun 2, 20216 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
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...
Jul 1, 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