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What May must do to keep fringe at bay

  • Thursday’s UK local elections results revealed a mixed picture for Prime Minister Theresa May, who is now entering a critical political period with final-stage Brexit negotiations imminent. The opposition Labour Party had its best success since the early 1970s in London, making n...
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US ‘foes’ EU and China a have chance to lead the way on climate change

  • Beijing this week hosted the 20th annual China-EU political and business summit. This landmark event provided a timely, important opportunity for the two powers to develop a more unified front on a range of issues over which they are in dispute with the Donald Trump team, from trade to climate ...
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Just when Europe thought the worst was over …

  • European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker will give his annual state-of-the-union address on Tuesday, with the continent facing a choppy autumn. Storm clouds are gathering again, not only from the Brexit talks but also Italy’s euroskeptic coalition government and the populist surge in E...
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Uncertainty clouds UK’s post-Brexit global plans

  • Britain's Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt arrives to speak about "Britain's Role in a Post-Brexit World" at the Fullerton Lecture in Singapore January 2, 2019. (Reuters)   UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a speech in Singapore on Wednesday outlining how Brexit Britain...
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Last act in the Brexit pantomime? Oh no it isn’t…

  • Protesters hold banners as they participate in anti-Brexit demonstration march in central London, Britain January 12, 2019. (Reuters) In one of the most important UK political moments of the postwar era, the House of Commons will vote on Tuesday on the Brexit withdrawal deal. Thus begin...
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Abe to continue charm offensive as Trump visits Japan

  • Donald Trump starts on Saturday a multi-day trip to Japan with a packed agenda, including preparations for next month’s G-20 summit. The primary reason for the visit, from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s viewpoint, is the opportunity to deepen his personal bond with the mercurial...
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Is this the beginning of the end for globalization?

  • Recent equity market volatility, including last week’s 800-poins fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, has many economic drivers. However, another headwind is geopolitical risk with growing concern about the future of globalization itself, which has long characterized much policy orthodoxy....
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Why Brexit is about more than just Britain

  • Since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, attention has focused on internal UK debates about leaving the EU. Yet potentially the most important outcome of the UK’s vote to leave is how it is driving significant change in the EU itself. Brexit has catalyzed debates across Europe that...
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Why Brexit risks breaking up Britain

  • Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed on Tuesday that she will, before the end of this year, ask the UK government to approve another independence referendum. With Brexit the immediate trigger for the decision, it is increasingly possible that the 2020s could — tragical...
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UK faces a rocky road ahead after Brexit

  • The UK has begun what it asserts will be the country’s most sweeping defense and security review since the end of the Cold War.  But while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is eager to explore the potential opportunities of the post-Brexit landscape, the challenges are mounting too. Two of th...
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