Dr. Nicholas Wright explains why the UK is in for a ‘foreign policy reckoning’ with the incoming Biden administration in the US. Continue reading UK foreign policy in the Biden era: an opportunity for the UK to re-establish itself post-Brexit as a credible international partner
UCL academics from a variety of perspectives reflect on the results of the US Election. Continue reading European Reflections on the US Elections
Michal Murawski, Lecturer in Critical Area Studies, UCL, discusses the near misses that could have been Donald Trump’s architectural legacy. Continue reading Washington D.C. will not be rebuilt in the image of 1990s Moscow
Tim Beasley-Murray, Associate Professor of European Thought and Culture, UCL, draws on the mythical tale of the virtuous Roman dictator, Cincinnatus, to highlight an important lesson about losing for Donald Trump. Continue reading Latin Lessons for Turtles: Cincinnatus and the ability to give up power
The cultural factors behind Britain’s ill-suited Brexit negotiation strategy While the UK is weaker than the EU on key metrics of bargaining power, the British approach to the Brexit negotiations has been characterised by hard bargaining. Benjamin Martill, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, writes that a number of cultural factors have influenced the UK’s decision to adopt such a sub‐optimal strategy, … Continue reading Hard bargaining dies hard
