ECFR London Office
Director: Mark Leonard
4th Floor
Tennyson House
159-165 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5PA
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Email: london@ecfr.eu
Press: press@ecfr.eu
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Londongrad and beyond: UK foreign policy and the fight against corruption (Commentary)
Chris Raggett - 19 July 2018
The UK’s flawed anti-corruption regime has an impact on its global role. A new round of reforms could help strengthen the rule of law at home and abroad.
The Brexit threat to Britain's defence industry (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 01 February 2018
European Security after Brexit
ECFR Policy Fellow Ulrike Franke speaks with Mark Leonard, former MP Douglas Alexander, and ECFR’s Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney, about Britain’s future vision of EU-UK security cooperation after Brexit. The podcast was recorded on 13.12.2017 in Berlin.
Bookshelf:
The Shardlake Series by C. J. Sampson
Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey
Lecture on David Cameron’s relationship with the EU by Sir Ivan Rogers
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Upcoming events
Widening security ties in the Sahel and North Africa
London - 02 Oct 18
Examining the shifting political and security linkages across the Sahel and North Africa
Past events
Order from chaos: Stabilising Libya the local way
London - 25 Sep 18
Following the recent publication of Order from chaos: Stabilising Libya the local way by Tarek Megerisi
The new Indo-pacific: America, China, India and the future geopolitics of Asia
London - 07 Sep 18
Discussion on Asia's rapidly changing geopolitical scene
Battle for Hudayda: A defining moment for the future of Yemen?
London - 09 Jul 18
Discussion on the trajectory and consequences of the ongoing offensive in Hudayda, its potential effects on the humanitarian crisis, the challenges of stabilization, and its place within ongoing UN-led peace effort
Collapse: Europe after the European Union
London - 06 Jul 18
Book talk on Ian Kearns' new book: Collapse: Europe After The European Union
Winning the normative war with Russia
London - 27 Jun 18
How Europe can respond to the Russian challenge
Is Our China Policy Hostage to Transatlantic Relations?
London - 20 Jun 18
A follow-up to “China at the gates: A new power audit of EU – China relations” by François Godement & Abigaël Vasselier
Security and counter-terrorism in the Maghreb
London - 05 Jun 18
Exploring security and counter-terrorism strategies and issues of the Maghreb states
International Relations in the Digital Age: Drones and automated warfare: threat to global security?
London - 21 May 18
A new series of seminars on the effect of the Digital Revolution on International Relations
Mind the Gap: the Impact of Brexit on European Diplomacy at the UN
London - 02 May 18
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the Embassy of the Netherlands in London discuss the impact of Brexit on European diplomacy at the UN
Cyber Warfare and the Future of Security
London - 19 Apr 18
A new series of seminars on the effect of the Digital Revolution on International Relations
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Londongrad and beyond: UK foreign policy and the fight against corruption (Commentary)
Chris Raggett - 19 July 2018
The UK’s flawed anti-corruption regime has an impact on its global role. A new round of reforms could help strengthen the rule of law at home and abroad.
How to avert the looming Brexit crisis (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 14 November 2017
Europe must help May sugar-coat the very bitter pills the Brits are going to have to swallow.
How Britain Lost Its Cool (Commentary)
Mark Leonard - 05 October 2017
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 (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 20 September 2017
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 (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 30 August 2017
What do we know about Brexit?
An interconnected outlier: the unaccounted costs of Brexit (Commentary)
Christoph Klavehn - 17 August 2017
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? (Commentary)
Christel Zunneberg - 16 August 2017
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.
Brexit looms large over UK election (Commentary)
Susi Dennison - 19 April 2017
The Prime Minister’s opportunistic decision to capitalise on her strong domestic standing is complicated by the international context.
Hard Borders of the Mind: Brexit, Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement (Commentary)
Andrew Gilmore - 13 April 2017
In an already divided society, the uncertainty of Brexit could breed instability.
Trident replacement: losing its vocation? (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 21 March 2017
Britain’s departure from the EU may make the case for its nuclear deterrent replacement harder to sustain.
