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Brexit: Now the Hard Part Begins — What the UK Must Do

CESRAN Int.9 December 20179 December 2017

“Without changes by the UK Govenrment, only a one-sided deal is possible” Editor’s Note: On Friday morning, after months of protracted discussions, the UK and the European Union finally reached...

Europe

Be careful what you wish for: a tale of two prime ministers

CESRAN Int.9 October 20169 October 2016

David Cameron started his career as party leader with a simple wish: to get the Conservative Party to ‘stop banging on about Europe’. However, he did not have a strategy...

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Is the G20 the Real Security Council?

CESRAN Int.7 September 20167 September 2016

Is the G20 the real Security Council? Over the past two days the heads of state and government of the G20 (Group of Twenty) top world economies met in Hangzhou...

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Brexit: Implications for Counter-terrorism

CESRAN Int.21 July 201621 July 2016

Brexit will have negative consequences for counter-terrorism in the UK and in the EU. The UK will lose the possibility of enjoying the advantages the EU provides in this field...

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Iraq: The Strategic Lessons of Chilcot

CESRAN Int.10 July 201610 July 2016

“The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences” Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2002 It is 12 volumes and 2.6 million words in length and took 7 years to...

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Brexit Vs Remain; a leadership failure

CESRAN Int.1 July 20161 July 2016

Looking beyond the causes of Brexit and how each campaign faired in the Brexit Referendum is the fundamental issue of leadership failure on both sides. A 51% win for Leave...

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The Causes of Brexit

CESRAN Int.28 June 2016

The causes of Brexit that I have heard thus far are as follows: The politics of austerity, the collapse of the Labour Party and the loss of the white working...

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Brexit: Between A Rock and A Hard Place

CESRAN Int.24 June 201627 June 2016

According to the latest results, the Leave campaign won narrowly in the Brexit Referendum. A narrow win it may be so, yet it is one of the biggest victories for...

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A Very Sad Day for Europe: UK Opt to Leave European Union

CESRAN Int.24 June 20163 August 2016

The Brexit Referendum results - 51.9% for Leave and 48.1% to Remain - confirm the United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union. Today’s results will have serious ramifications...

Europe

Heat not Light: The Tyranny of the Input Culture

CESRAN Int.19 May 201619 May 2016

Suddenly there is a glut of money. The British government is desperately trying to find projects to spend billions of unspent aid and development money. Meanwhile, the Treasury (finance ministry)...

Europe

An IMF Plot, Greece, the EU and BREXIT

CESRAN Int.17 April 201625 April 2016

On 19 March 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team for Greece held a meeting on how to force Greece into further austerity measures. These would entail deeper wage...

Europe

How Brexit will Reduce Foreign Investment in the UK – and Why that Matters

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Foreign investors love Britain, but Brexit would kill the vibe. According to new research colleagues and I have conducted at the Centre for Economic Performance, leaving the European Union could...

Interviews

Interview with HE Dr. Muhamet Hamiti: Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the UK

CESRAN Int.28 March 201430 March 2014

By K. Kaan Renda and Ozgur Tufekci | 03 October 2010 In this exclusive interview with CESRAN's K. Kaan Renda and Ozgur Tufekci, Dr. Muhamet Hamiti, the first Ambassador of the Republic...