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in Moscow, the RIAC editorial team sat down with Dr Maxine David, Lecturer in European Studies at Leiden University and Research Fellow at the Global Europe Centre at the University of Kent. The discussion was focused on the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, how a new generation of voters could potentially tilt referendum polls and what UK experts are doing to ensure their research on the matter stays impartial.
Regarding the heated Brexit situation, please share your opinion on whether or not there ...
... foreign policy. In this interview, RIAC gets Bond’s take on current political developments in and around the EU and what such developments mean for the future of Europe.
How do you see the EU without the UK in the near future?
What Difference Will Brexit Make to Britain and the EU? Discussion with Ian Bond at RIAC
I think politically the UK is a very active player in EU foreign policy and the EU risks becoming a more passive actor in the international arena without the UK, losing interest in issues ...
... third countries once it leaves the free trade area?
Brexit will definitely touch upon the issues of the foreign policy of the United Kingdom, that over the years of the EU’s existence has become accustomed to EU’s assistance in achieving its foreign ... ... face with respect to independent Scotland? These and other foreign policy issues were reflected at the Ian Bond’s lecture.
Brexit also brings inevitable changes in the policy of the European Union, where the UK's contribution to the expansion of the Union and the development of a common market cannot be underestimated....
... already in the West, and in Europe in particular, they talk of Weimar or Weimar syndrome alluding to the rise of the protest “populism”, collapse of political centre and the outcomes of direct democracy (meaning not only the referendum in Britain on Brexit, but the Trump phenomenon as well, i.e. his doing away with all intermediaries, be it party machine, traditional media or donors, in communicating with his electorate). That refers us to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the Nazis coming ...
... Affairs Council (RIAC).
On February 28, 2019, the Dostoevsky Library hosted an Urban Breakfast Úrbi et órbi on the topic “Brexit — a reminder of what the EU really is about”. The discussion took place in the framework of the ninth meeting of the ... ... speech Sergey Utkin noted that Brexit, dividing the British public into two blocs, is an extremely difficult challenge for the European Union.
The discussion began with a speech by Oksana Antonenko, who gave the general overview of the factors that ...
... organize a breakfast discussion at the Dostoevsky library on 28 February at 10.00.
The EU Delegation to Russia
together with the Russian International Affairs Council organize a breakfast discussion at the Dostoevsky library on 28 February at 10.00.
The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 at 11 pm UK time, a little less than three years after the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016, when 51.9 percent of those who voted supported the withdrawal. The British society and political elite remain divided on the issue. Prime Minister Theresa May failed to gain a majority in Parliament for the Withdrawal ...
May’s future will be hanging in the air. Probably she will resign of her own free will. That said, she will certainly perform her “historic” mission by plunging the country into “a tough Brexit”
The decision to postpone until late January the December 11 vote in the House of Commons on the Withdrawal Agreement stipulating the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union, agreement approved by the EU on November 25, created real chaos in the Brexit issue, this time at the government policy level. The WA and London’s position that forms the foundation of the deal and that was pushed through the Cabinet ...
... alienate strategic partners from among non-European states. On the other hand, the new government will conduct a policy of a more active and zealous protection of its national security interests, using the independence gained after withdrawing from the European Union.
Brexit could lead to a radical change in the balance of power on the United Kingdom’s domestic market and in the geographic and sectoral structure of trade and investment flows. Relevant changes could also affect China, one of the most dynamic investors in the UK economy.
China’s Expansionist Investment Policy
China ...
... same as being a full member.
One of the nuances of a possible new agreement between London and Brussels is the fact that, as a non-EU member, the United Kingdom will almost definitely not be granted free access to the EU markets.
The uniqueness of the United Kingdom before Brexit was that the country served as a kind of investment bridge between the European Union and the rest of the world. The United Kingdom accounted for more direct investments that the rest of the European Union combined. According to
research carried out by
Ernst & Young
in 2015
, most investors (72 per cent) cited free access ...
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Alexander Ermakov:
The Atomic Lady
My last question is about the UK Prime Minister Theresa May. What do you think her line with regards to Russia and the EU after Brexit could be?
I think that Theresa May, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 13, after David Cameron stepped down formally, is likely to employ a delaying tactic with the European Union. The UK, because it was so shocked by the result of Brexit, has not really developed its own policy towards the European Union. We don’t know what relationship we want with the EU yet, and as a result, I imagine that Theresa May will delay the imposition of Article 50, the formal notification process ...
