Reports
A year of war in Europe
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how the war in Ukraine has unfolded and gains and losses. When Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces across the Ukrainian border on February 24th 2022, he clearly expected a quick victory with limited if any negative consequences for Russia. He probably believed...
Why still pro-Russia?
This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at making sense of Hungary's and Serbia's Russia stance. In this report, Professor Dr Marlene Laruelle and Dr Helena Ivanov investigate the level and underlying causes of pro-Russian sentiment in Serbia and Hungary. Both countries have been noted for their approach to Russia’s invasion...
Where next? The future of the UK-EU relationship
This report from UK think tank the UK in a Changing Europe looks at both where we have got to and how the relationship might evolve. Six and a half years since the Brexit referendum, UK relations with the EU have still not settled into a coherent and consistent pattern. Partly, this is because the...
A year of uncertainty?
This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the Retained EU Law Bill 2022 and UK workers’ rights. New analysis from the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals that Government plans to rush the ‘sunsetting’ of EU laws by the end of 2023 will put the rights and protections of more than...
Health and Brexit: six years on
This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust examines the effects of the UK's exit from the EU on our healthcare system. The latest instalment from our project monitoring the effects of the UK's exit from the EU on our health care system finds the clearest evidence yet that Brexit and its changing relationships...
Strengthening US–EU cooperation on trade and technology
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the TTC, its work so far and future challenges. Since its launch in 2021, the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) has become the main platform for US–EU cooperation at the intersection of economics, technology and security. Despite some achievements so far, the TTC has reached...
UK science and technology after Brexit: how to fix it
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how Brexit has hampered UK science and innovation. Britain’s spat with the EU over participation in the €95 billion Horizon Europe research programme remains one of the biggest issues in the fractious post-Brexit UK-EU relationship. The EU will not allow Britain to...
Accountability after Brexit
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at Parliament and the UK–EU relationship. Liz Truss should reset parliament’s lacklustre arrangements for post-Brexit scrutiny – and if she won’t then senior parliamentarians should pressurise government into making vital changes. This report finds that parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit has been relegated to a...
From Horizon Europe to Plan B
This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at Horizon Europe and Plan B research funding and turning adversity into opportunity. The European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe, will soon start its third year but UK participation remains uncertain. This uncertainty, arising originally from the outcome of the Brexit referendum and...
Europe should not forget the challenges to its south
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how the European south could suffer from the fallout of the Ukraine war. European policy-makers have rightly focused on the war in Ukraine and the economic challenges that the EU now faces. But Europe should not get complacent about its southern neighbourhood....
The economic basis of democracy in Europe
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at structural economic change, inequality and the depoliticization of economic policymaking. Understanding contemporary challenges to democracy in Europe requires looking beyond the rise of ‘populism’. Instead, it requires acknowledging a multiplicity of threats to democracy, in particular those arising from the structure of European economies and...
How to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform argues that the UK and the EU need to work together in good faith to fix the Protocol. In a new Centre for European Reform policy brief, ‘How to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol’, Hilary Benn MP argues that the UK and the EU...
The EU needs a bigger playing field – not a level playing field
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at whether ‘level playing field’ tools can be repurposed to help deliver new priorities. Policy-makers in Brussels and EU capitals are increasingly worried that other countries are taking unfair advantage of the EU’s open markets. They fret that EU firms are disadvantaged. In...
The state of the European Union
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the current state of members states, EU institutions and a number of policy areas. In ‘The State of the European Union’, some of the most respected scholars working on the EU provide their analysis of its current state, looking, in turn, at...
What can we know about the cost of Brexit so far?
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how far the UK is lagging behind compared to similar economies. Covid-19 made it hard to isolate the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. But now that the most advanced economies have re-opened and have surpassed their pre-pandemic level of output,...