The departure of the UK from the EU would be a blow to the EU’s strategic capabilities. Special action is required to help London over the hump.
UK: Exit from Brexit — and Think About Japan
Why Britain needs to pause Article 50, prepare a second referendum and think of Japan’s economic fate.
Brexit: Lower Immigration = Lower Growth
The uncertainty around Brexit is worsening the UK migration balance with the EU. This can have negative consequences for the British labor market.
Brexit: A Cultural Morphology
How the deep forces of British history, from royalism and classism to nationalism and imperialism, combined to trigger the Brexit moment.
Europe: Five Big Surprises for 2019
Dealing in alternate realities is a tricky business. As is often noted, predictions are hard, especially about the future.
Corbyn to Europe: Adieu and Brexit Is Europe’s Fault
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s belief is that Europe is the problem, not the answer.
Brexit: The UK’s Fundamental Miscalculations on Europe
Any final Brexit deal will come with a lot of cherry picking.
But it will be EU that will do the picking – not the UK.
Brexit: Britain Entering a State of Emergency
It seems less likely by the day that Britain can solve its Brexit problem in an orderly parliamentary process. The question is whether there are other options.
Theresa May and Political Wife-Beating
Hardcore Brexiteers’ proposition that May is incompetent because “she” does not deliver the Brexit they want is an unvarnished form of sexism.























