Brexit

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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.

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• 1/16/19
  

  The Defect that Brexit and MAGA Share

  by Jonathan Fennell

  After yesterday's Brexit defeat, the lessons that Brexiteers and Trump could learn from World War 2.

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• 12/14/2018
  

  One Thing We Know for Sure About Brexit Is the Effect It’s Having on British Political Identity

  by Luke Reader

  The firmest indicator of political identity is whether one supports leaving or remaining in the EU.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  12-10-2018
  

  Voters Rebel in Europe’s Big Three

  by Walter Russell Mead

  Western political systems are under strain despite good economic times.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-9-2018
  

  Why Brexit might not happen

  by Laura Beers

  Ignoring the will of the people is a British tradition.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11-21-18
  

  Britain will go back into the European club

  by Simon Jenkins

  History proves it.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-15-18
  

  The Roman ‘Brexit’: how life in Britain changed after 409AD

  by Will Bowden

  One of the remarkable things about the first decades of the 5th century was the apparent speed with which the things we associate with Roman life disappeared.

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• SOURCE: Independent
  9-25-18
  

  These are the terrifying parallels between Brexit and the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s

  by David Keys

  Their MPs were opposed to leaving the EU, yet still the leaderships of both major political parties persist in hurtling towards the Brexit precipice like lemmings, ignoring the lessons of the past – and weakening European stability.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  9-24-18
  

  Walter Russell Mead warns that a nasty Brexit threatens the West

  by Walter Russell Mead

  The U.K. plays an important role in sustaining American support for Europe.