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The global digital divide is reminiscent of colonialism
Colonialism in the digital era does not require armies, weapons and ships, argues Dhwani Goel (LSE). All you need is a tech giant that has captured the digital markets of the Global South, a government...
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Can Global Britain be achieved through WTO negotiations?
The multilateral e-commerce negotiations presently being conducted within the World Trade Organization signify a new era within the global trading regime. In an attempt to repair the dysfunctional and...
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Global Britain should look towards supporting the development of Africa’s...
Global Britain should look towards supporting the development of Africa’s digital landscape, argue Pauline Girma and Oona Palmer (LSE). In this post, they explain that given that seven of the ten...
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A big challenge for ‘Global Britain’ is digital trade
Britain has entered the World Trade Organisation system as an independent player. One of the next big things on the WTO’s agenda is to decide on the rules that will govern digital trade. In the first...
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Global Britain: Lesser Britain?
Will Global Britain end up being Lesser Britain, asks Michael Cox (LSE)? In this blog, he points to the high international price the UK will be paying for Brexit. ‘Global Britain’ will be a ‘Lesser...
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The Brexit vaccine war is a failure of empathy
The UK-EU vaccine war is a failure of empathy, writes Tony Hockley (LSE). He argues that the current blame game is a manifestation of deep-rooted political challenges originating from Brexit. The UK...
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Who meets the EU’s Chief Negotiator?
In this blog, David Coen (UCL) and Alexander Katsaitis (LSE) shed light on the interest groups meeting with the EU’s Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier, and discusses what this means for Brexit and...
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Long read | Future British-European security relations are a matter of trust
Trust between the EU and the UK is in short supply. This poses risks to British-European security relations, writes Gijs de Vries (LSE). As Brexit unfolds, three issues, in particular, may give rise to...
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Brexit means Brexit for the City of London
As of 2021 UK financial firms lost access to the EU single market and now need regulatory equivalence to do business on the continent. Brexit really does mean Brexit for the City of London, writes John...
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Scottish independence would be 2-3 times more costly than Brexit, and...
In this blog, Hanwei Huang, Thomas Sampson and Patrick Schneider (LSE) analyse the economics of Scottish independence by looking at its impact on trade. Independence would put a new border between...
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Getting Brexit ‘done’ for higher education will be a struggle
The impact of Brexit in higher education cannot be measured by simply looking at the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The terms of the Withdrawal Agreement and the opportunities for an enhanced...
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A hard Brexit means the Europe question will live on in the UK
A Brexit deal is now in place, so are the implications of a clean break with the EU that are becoming clearer. This hard Brexit means the Europe question will live on in the UK, writes Michael Cottakis...
View ArticleLSE Brexit 2020: highlights from a year of turmoil
2020 was the year when the UK’s future relationship with the EU was negotiated, the shape of which is now becoming clearer. All that took place in the midst of a global pandemic of unprecedented...
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Was Godot worth the wait? The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement explained
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement should put an end to years of damaging uncertainty, even though it essentially is a re-imposition of non-tariff barriers swept away by the EU single market....
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The Erasmus student programme is about to become another casualty of Brexit
Here we go again. The EU is accusing the UK of cherry-picking in the Brexit negotiations. And the UK does not deny it. This time the issue is the Erasmus programme, writes Anne Corbett (LSE). Michel...
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COVID-19 has disrupted businesses’ ability to prepare for Brexit, but the...
Almost half of businesses report that COVID-19 has negatively affected their ability to prepare for Brexit. More than half listed uncertainty on the future arrangements between the UK and EU as a...
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The UK might be outside the European Union but not outside its gravitational...
The UK might have left the European Union on 31 January 2020, but it has not left its gravitational field, nor will it in 2021. The challenge for all sides is somehow to stabilise British...
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With Biden’s election, Johnson’s Irish border gambles look increasingly risky
What effect might the outcome of the US election have on the current Brexit negotiations? Joe Biden’s victory signals a dramatic shift in American foreign policy. This means that Boris Johnson’s Irish...
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Border safety will be at risk if the UK loses access to vital EU databases
Will border safety be at risk if the UK loses access to a vital EU database of wanted persons and police alerts, asks Monica Horten (LSE)? Parliamentary Committees heard last week that instantaneous...
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President Biden is going to be equally challenging for the UK and the EU
Neither the EU nor the UK should be under any illusions about the outcome of this election: talking trade, security and wider global politics with President Biden is going to be difficult, writes Tim...
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