Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Peter KellnerContent Syndicationhttps://carnegieendowment.org/rss/?fa=rss Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - All Publications https://carnegieendowment.org/rss/solr/?fa=feeds http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174859_62935143720_1836682_n.jpg Saturday, 29 Apr 2023 04:19:20 EST The Swing Voters Who'll Decide The Next Election https://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/89651?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The UK local elections are the most significant indicator of public opinion ahead of the next general election. The results will show the level of approval toward the Conservative and Labour parties.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/89651?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Saturday, 29 Apr 2023 04:19:20 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights Trust and Compromise Return to EU-UK Relations https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/89234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Sunak's decision to break with his predecessors' confrontational strategy has paved the way for an agreement over Northern Ireland. This means new opportunities for cooperation between London and Brussels.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/89234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 09 Mar 2023 05:00:10 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Foreign Policy Who Will Repair Broken Britain? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Britain's woes did not start-and do not end-with Brexit. The country needs a leadership with ideas that rise to the challenges the UK faces today.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 03:19:40 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture The Three Events That Drove Truss's Resignation https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The big question is whether British politics has experienced an aberration or a lasting change.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 21 Oct 2022 11:39:58 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights, Political Reform, Rule of Law The Surprising Potential of King Charles's Reign https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The UK's constitution won't change, but he could subtly influence policy in one specific area.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EST United Kingdom, Climate and Energy, Climate Change Liz Truss: What Can We Expect? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Liz Truss has just become the new UK Prime Minister, but it is not yet clear how she will address issues such as climate change and the energy crisis. Her next moves along these lines will be important in the run-up to the general election.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/88917?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 09 Sep 2022 06:38:25 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights, Rule of Law If Liz Truss Becomes Britain's Prime Minister https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Should she win the ongoing leadership race, Liz Truss will face a public divided over departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Honoring her predecessor may guarantee her the party's support but will not help win back disillusioned voters.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 25 Aug 2022 04:32:56 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Political Reform Has The Constitution Survived Boris? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss One of the reasons why people don't want Boris Johnson to stand down is that they are not sure that they trust him to behave in a collegiate way.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Sunday, 17 Jul 2022 11:47:15 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights Boris Johnson's Threat to Britain https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Johnson's reputation may be close to stellar outside of Britain. But back home, integrity, decency, and stability in Northern Ireland are being replaced by vested interests and short-term gains aimed at securing political survival.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 19 May 2022 05:25:01 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Political Reform Peter Kellner: What do the local election results mean? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Here are two big facts about the polls in the last few weeks. The first is that Boris Johnson is one of the most unpopular prime ministers of all time. His current ratings are ones that no past prime minister have recovered from and gone on to win the following election. The second big fact is that Labour's lead is in single figures.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 13 May 2022 10:51:16 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights What Do the UK Local Election Results Mean? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Age and education have largely determined British votes in the recent local elections. Looking at the big parties' race, the main question is whether past trends will hold in the run-up to the general election.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 13 May 2022 06:21:05 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Democracy and Human Rights, Rule of Law Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Changes Everything https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Russia's invasion of Ukraine will have profound consequences for the stability of the region and for the future of European security, not to mention the immense human suffering. We asked Carnegie Europe's scholars to give their assessment about how the military attack will fundamentally change the post-Cold War era.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Friday, 25 Feb 2022 03:29:50 EST Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Western Europe, Defense and Security, Foreign Policy, Global Governance Boris Johnson's Partygate Has Echoes of Al Capone's Downfall https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Johnson risks being turfed from office for evading his own lockdown rules, not sinking the UK into the pit of irrelevance. ]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Monday, 07 Feb 2022 05:48:22 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe The Other Britain Waiting to Surface https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Boris Johnson ignores the old truth that blaming scapegoats is one way to a run a campaign but no way to run a country. While this lasts, the flame of rational, outward-looking patriotism must be kept alight by Britain's civil society.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021 05:01:28 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Economy, Foreign Policy The Hollowness of Global Britain https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Illusions about the UK's special relationship with the United States and a supposedly painless Brexit have been shed. The inability of Boris Johnson's government to face up to that makes it impossible to define a new role for Britain in the world.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021 04:59:45 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Economy The Price of Britain's Megaphone Diplomacy With the EU https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84926?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The coming months may well see more bitterness and friction in UK-EU relations. These tensions threaten to unravel the fragile 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which has largely kept violence at bay in Northern Ireland.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84926?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 08 Jul 2021 05:32:11 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Economy Britain's Post-Brexit Ambitions Will Be Modest, Not Global https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brexit Britain is discovering that its influence and ability to tackle global challenges have diminished. As reality sinks in, it could change the way Britain thinks and acts-very possibly for the better.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 27 May 2021 04:05:52 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Economy, Foreign Policy The UK and the EU Are Dancing for a Relationship https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The loud boasts of defiance by the British government toward the EU have given way to the quieter language of negotiation. The outcome will determine just how much post-Brexit sovereignty London will have.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/84206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021 04:49:46 EST United Kingdom, Western Europe, Foreign Policy Brexit and the Gradual Disintegration of the United Kingdom https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/83632?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Brexit may well contribute to the breaking up of the United Kingdom. Only a brave gambler would bet on both Scotland and Northern Ireland still belonging to the UK in 2040.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/83632?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 04:23:41 EST Brexit, Carnegie Europe, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Political Reform Britain and the EU Finally Approach the Reckoning https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/83454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Level playing field or no access to the EU's single market? With Brexit talks in the final stages, one solution for a UK-EU trade deal seems within reach-but only if it allows for both sides to claim victory.]]> https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/83454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 04:08:40 EST Brexit, Carnegie Europe, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Economy, Global Trade