Brexit

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Mag
  1/30/20
  

  A Not-So-Brief History of Scottish Independence

  This primer covers Scottish sovereignty from the Roman era to the Jacobite revolts, the 2014 referendum and Brexit.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/30/20
  

  Why Britain Brexited

  by Tom McTague

  For decades, the country has struggled with the challenge facing the modern nation-state: how to balance control and influence.

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• 12/22/19
  

  Brexit and the End of the United Kingdom

  by Ed Simon

  Because of Boris Johnson’s ascendancy, it must be considered that it is not only inevitable that there won’t be a United Kingdom again, but that it’s necessary that there shouldn’t be. 

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• SOURCE: The Independent
  12/5/19
  

  Brexit will ultimately destabilise Europe, historians fear

  Experts on European politics and history are shocked by the imbalance in the media coverage – and are warning of the probably consequences.

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• 11/5/19
  

  The Ghosts of Founders Past

  by Jason Pack

  Halloween held a ghoulish surprise for American President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. As a result of their hubris, they were both forced to watch their longstanding dreams of unbridled executive authority die in the ditch of rule of law.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/20/19
  

  Have you heard of the catastrophic men theory of history? Step forward Boris Johnson...

  by Nick Cohen

  Self-interested and reckless leadership defines too much of our past – and present.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  10/13/19
  

  American Brexit

  by Tom Engelhardt

  It’s Not Just Britain Headed for the Subbasement of Imperial History.

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• SOURCE: History Today
  Accessed 9/26/19
  

  Are There Any Meaningful Historical Analogies for Brexit? Historians Respond.

  Featuring Ali Ansari, Miranda Malins​, D.H. Robinson​, and Jonathan Fitzgibbons​.

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• 9/8/19
  

  Sir Ian Kershaw on His Latest Book, Brexit, and the Future of Europe

  by David O’Connor

  "The EU has come a long way and, as Brexit shows, the networks built up over previous decades are extremely complex."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/3/19
  

  The American Founders made sure the president could never suspend Congress

  by Eliga Gould

  Given the similarities between the U.S. and U.K. political systems and the personal parallels – and affection – between Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump, Americans might wonder whether the president has a similar power to suspend Congress.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  8/1/19
  

  Expecting Ireland to be servile is part of a long British tradition

  by Richard McMahon

  The Brexit crisis is another example of how the UK so often ignores the consequences of its conduct on its neighbour.

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• 7/31/19
  

  All the world’s a stage when you’re Boris Johnson basking in the no-deal-Brexit spotlight

  by Esau Williams

  Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the boy who once said he wanted to be ‘world king,’ has finally realized his life-long ambition of becoming British Prime Minister.

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• SOURCE: Time
  July 26, 2019
  

  Donald Trump and Boris Johnson Rode the Same Wave Into Power. History Suggests the Parallels Won’t Stop There

  by David Kaiser

  The history of Anglo-American relations and how Trump and Johnson will utilize them. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  July 27, 2019
  

  Winston Churchill Would Despise Boris Johnson

  by Ian Buruma

  Britain’s new leader has a sadly exaggerated sense of the importance his country will have after Brexit.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/24/19
  

  How the failure of popular politics triggered the rise of Boris Johnson

  by Jesse Tumblin

  Instead of solving intractable problems, public referendums simply exacerbate them.

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• 7/7/19
  

  Fictional History, Patriotism, and the Fight for Scottish Independence

  by LuAnn McCracken Fletcher

  As promoters of Scotland as a tourist destination continue to embrace “tartan heritage” in an effort to support Scotland’s important tourist industry, they unwittingly reinforce a version of history that serves the purpose of political propaganda, rather than disseminating a nuanced understanding of Scotland’s past. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/1/19
  

  The Search for a Brexit-Era Margaret Thatcher

  Forty years after Margaret Thatcher’s era-defining election victory in 1979, Britain once again appears divided and ungovernable, with a decision to make.

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• SOURCE: Inside Sources
  5/26/2019
  

  BBC Reporter Educated in U.S. Frames the “Brutal” Brexit Exit of Theresa May

  by Esau Williams

  Theresa May’s exit is not likely to change Britian's relationship with Europe much.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/6/19
  

  Brexit? Danes Have Seen This Show, and It Doesn’t End Well

  In 1864, riding a wave of nationalism, another former colonial power, Denmark, became engulfed in a doomed military conflict against Prussian and Austrian forces, experiencing a crushing loss that led to the surrender of around a third of its territory.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  Accessed 3/26/19
  

  Margaret MacMillan, History Professor Emeritus at Oxford University, Gives Warnings from history for Brexit Britain

  She warned that after Brexit, England could go back to the way it was in the 15th Century.