The United Kingdom needs progressive realism to kickstart an era of renewal, with a sharper and more hopeful vision for the country’s role in the world
David Lammy lays out a case for Britain’s new global course
Media mentions – Brexit
Voters’ awareness of foreign policy might be limited, but with Covid, and the war in Ukraine, and to an extent with Brexit, [that has now changed]
Anand Menon analyses Rishi Sunak’s recent foreign policy in light of the Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea
The EU is relatively happy with the status quo. It’s only in the UK where people say we need to move closer. There are so many bigger fish to fry for the EU.
Anand Menon comments on the current relationship between the UK and EU
[Liz Truss] worldview is “shaped by ( ex-US President) Reagan, where Britain stands with America against Russia and China, without the help of the ‘coward’ Europeans
A “preoccupation with the second world war,” exemplified by when the UK stood alone in 1940, underpinned the Brexit campaign
“Beyond Global Britain: A Realistic Foreign Policy for the UK” by Jeremy Shapiro and Nick Whitney was quoted in an article by SLDnews
The Johnson government seems to need the perennial fights of a permanent Brexit
The Guardian reports about the ECFR report ‘Beyond Global Britain: A realistic foreign policy for the UK’
Until Boris Johnson gives up on defining his political project in opposition to the EU… NATO will be at a loss too
Rafael Loss comments on how Brexit has affected the United Kingdom’s approach to European security
What we need in cross-Channel relations is (…) the courage to change what can be changed, the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other
ECFR Council member Timothy Garton Ash draws a conclusion five years on from the Brexit referendum, arguing that both the British and the European Union are weakened
The United Kingdom still has to prove whether its attempt to become a globally active soft power can be successful. The strategy is ambitious for sure
Transitioning into this new role will require a willingness to accept the EU’s importance—and a degree of humility that does not come naturally to contemporary British leaders
Jeremy Shapiro and Nick Witney critically assess the grand vision of Global Britain’s future spelled out in the recently released government report “Global Britain in a Competitive Age.”