London - 11 Feb 20

A breakfast discussion on the peace options in Libya following the Berlin conference.

London - 06 Feb 20

A lunch discussion on the recent challenges emerging from the Yemeni conflict and the EU's role

London - 21 Jan 20

A lunch discussion on Iran-US tensions following the assassination of General Soleimani

London - 14 Nov 19

A Lunch Discussion on Yemen's role in the current Gulf crisis

London - 07 Nov 19

A breakfast discussion on Israeli foreign policy under Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu

London - 06 Nov 19

An off-the-record discussion on the need for a pan-European effort for repatriating the children of ISIS members

London - 08 Oct 19

A lunchtime discussion on the future of international funding for Israeli-Palestinian NGOs and the challenges it faces

London - 03 Sep 19

A discussion workshop on Artificial Intelligence’s impact on geopolitics and warfare and what it means for Europe

London - 21 May 19

With the UK now participating in the European Parliament elections, commentators have touted them as second referendum on Brexit. But what will mobilise voters to turn out, and what should we expect from the outcome? Will an anti-EU block emerge as the new political force, or will younger, pro-Europeans mobilise around an optimistic and progressive vision for Europe? and what does the result mean for the of Europe?

Britain's role in the world after Brexit - and the pandemic

Nick Witney - 2 June, 2020

Covid-19 has made the task confronting the Integrated Review (IR) to reconceive Britain’s role in the world after Brexit – doubly difficult. Now, it is not only Britain which faces a major historical rupture, but quite possibly the world itself.

Those Brexit negotiations: The descent to hell

Nick Witney - 21 May, 2020

Britain can step back from the brink of Brexit trade catastrophe – but only if Boris Johnson gives the say-so.

Coronavirus: Britain on the brink

Nick Witney - 20 March, 2020

Britain’s Brexiteer government may be relearning the value of expertise – if only slowly.  

Britain sets sail – into the dark

Nick Witney - 6 February, 2020

The odds that the UK and the EU will reach full, or even much, agreement within the breakneck timetable imposed by London do not look good.

Brexit eve: The slow burn begins

Nick Witney - 30 January, 2020

Democratic backsliding and constitutional crises could await if the wheels come off Boris Johnson’s Brexit bandwagon.  

• Italiano: La vigilia della Brexit: inizia il lento tracollo

Control issues: The UK’s defence procurement woes

Nick Witney - 14 January, 2020

The UK Ministry of Defence has shown a chronic lack of decision discipline, sometimes undermining its role in joint European projects.

Note from Berlin

Brexit Weltschmerz: An era ends

Josef Janning - 24 October, 2019

Britain helped bring modern, unified, and peaceful Germany into being. Its Brexit convulsions have trashed this historic reputation – probably for good.  

A hard Brexit looms

Nick Witney - 21 October, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems to have the momentum to get his Brexit deal over the line – and to follow up with a general election triumph while the electorate are still sighing with relief.

When European politics becomes personal

Mark Leonard - 3 April, 2019

As the United Kingdom has hurtled ever closer to the Brexit cliff, once-abstract notions of a transcendent European identity have gained substance, and millions of people who still believe in the European project have come out in support of it. The question now is whether the…