BREXIT: Things as they stand
Following the developments in London over the past two weeks has been a challenge, and it is far from over.
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Brexit
Erkki Bahovski to ERR: British Elections May Take Place After No-Deal Brexit
Snap elections in the UK may take place after a no-deal Brexit on October 31, Erkki Bahovski, Editor-in-Chief of the ICDS Diplomaatia magazine commented to “Aktuaalne Kaamera”, the main news programme of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR).
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An Ambitious EU-UK Partnership, Based on an Orderly Withdrawal
The European Union is interested in a future partnership with the United Kingdom, European Commission’s Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier writes in the current issue of our magazine Diplomaatia.
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Poland, the European Union and the Brexit
On 5-6 December 2017, Ambassador (ret) Pauli Järvenpää, Senior Research Fellow at the ICDS, attended a conference arranged by the Polish Ministry of National Defence at the Military Studies University in Warsaw, Poland.
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Brexit – Eight Months since Triggering Article 50, Opportunities and Challenges
On 30 November, ICDS was pleased to host Anna Clunes, Director for Institutions and Member States at the UK’s Department for Exiting the EU, for a seminar to discuss the state of play of the Brexit negotiations.
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Scotch on the Rocks – Life After Brexit?
On 9-11 November 2017, Dr. Pauli Järvenpää, Senior Research Fellow at the ICDS, participated and contributed as a panelist to a seminar held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the theme of “Scotch on the Rocks – Life after Brexit?”.
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ICDS Video Chat: The Possible Impact of the British Elections on the Brexit Negotiations
In this ICDS Video Chat, Erkki Bahovski asks ICDS research fellow Tony Lawrence about the possible impact of the British elections on the Brexit negotiations.
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Theresa May’s Cynical Election Gambit
Theresa May’s announcement on Tuesday that she will seek a snap general election in June came a shock, particularly since she had regularly insisted that no such election would be necessary and that the current parliament would continue, as planned, until the spring of 2020. In her announcement, she claimed that the UK now needed the “certainty, stability and strong leadership” that her Government could provide, and that while the country was coming together, opposition in Parliament would obstruct her Government’s delivery of the Brexit referendum result.
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Defence – but Not Territorial Defence – Tops the EU’s Agenda
On 1 March, the European Commission published a White Paper laying out five different scenarios for the future of the EU27 (thereby presuming that the post-Brexit Union of 27 member states will hold together). Four out of the five scenarios foresee that closer defence cooperation, in one form or another, will be an important priority.
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Brexit and Baltic Sea Security
The result of the UK’s June 2016 referendum on continued membership of the EU was unexpected and its consequences may be wide-ranging and grave. This report considers the impact of the UK’s exit from the European Union (‘Brexit’) on the security of Estonia, the Baltic Sea region and Europe more widely. Its focus is hard security – military security and defence.
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