Ireland: The final barrier to a December Brexit deal
Theresa May has to satisfy interests in Dublin, Belfast and Brussels on Northern Ireland’s future status if Brexit talks are to progress this year
Britain in Europe
How to avert the looming Brexit crisis
Europe must help May sugar-coat the very bitter pills the Brits are going to have to swallow
How Britain Lost Its Cool
In the past 20 years, the UK and Germany have switched positions, with the latter now representing openness while the former has come to embody backward-looking nationalism. But there is no reason to believe that the two countries won't swap places again.
May must withstand Johnson’s bonfire of the vanities
If she does not, the Johnson sabotage effort will have succeeded, and the outlook for the negotiations and the country’s future will be grim indeed
Rejecting suicide, Britain settles for self-harm on Brexit
What do we know about Brexit?
An interconnected outlier: the unaccounted costs of Brexit
By leaving the EU Britain gives up unique ties and influence with its EU partners. They are fast adapting.
What are the dynamics between EU heavyweights in the face of Brexit?
The Franco-German axis, the Big Three and the Weimar Triangle, are all well-known constellations of European heavyweights. ECFR’s EU28 Survey allows for dissecting the complex relations within ‘the Big Six’, evaluating these and other bilateral and trilateral inter-group relationships in the face of the Brexit.
The liberation of Europe
The remaining 27 EU members have turned the page after Brexit much faster than the UK itself
27 Apr
After Erdogan’s win and Brexit: What are the Prospects for a UK-Turkey Partnership with the EU?
Can a more collusive Turkey-UK relationship benefit the two governments and improve their negotiating positions?
Brexit looms large over UK election
The Prime Minister’s opportunistic decision to capitalise on her strong domestic standing is complicated by the international context