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Sep 2, 20248 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads: August
Europe UK-EU relations—FT: Starmer warned he cannot sidestep Brussels in bid to reset UK-EU relations .  British prime minister’s trips...
Tim Oliver
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Forging the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, the 1970s, and the Origins of Neoliberalism by Terrence Casey
Very happy to endorse Terrence Casey's new book about the rise of Margaret Thatcher. This book tells the story of the rise of Margaret...
Tim Oliver
Jul 31, 20245 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads: July
A great deal has changed in the time since I last posted a UK foreign policy must-reads. I'll try to be more consistent in tracking the...
Tim Oliver
Jul 31, 20241 min read
England in the World Workshop recordings
Below are recordings of the three panels from the England in the World workshop held at Loughborough University's London campus on 11...
Tim Oliver
May 16, 20242 min read
England in the World workshop, 11 June
Workshop at Loughborough University’s London campus (located on the London Olympic Park) Tuesday 11th June 2024 Brexit revealed how...
Tim Oliver
Apr 28, 20247 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads: April
In October I fell out of the habit of writing these lists of must-reads on all things British foreign policy. I partly blame an operation...
Tim Oliver
Oct 8, 20234 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 2 Oct-8 Oct: UK-US Trade, Migration, EVs, Decline, and Space
The Conservative party conference offered more of a Trumpian MAGA feel for the future of British politics (at least on the Conservative...
Tim Oliver
Oct 1, 20236 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads18 Sep-1 Oct: King in France, Net Zero, Labour, Immigration
Must-reads below from two weeks of UK foreign policy. While the King was in France talking, amongst other things, about the importance of...
Tim Oliver
Sep 17, 20235 min read
BFP Must-Reads 11-17 Sep: Starmer-Macron bromance, 'Argentina on the Channel', UK's European World
British foreign policy must-reads this week have been largely dominated by two issues: Labour's emerging European agenda, especially on...
Tim Oliver
Sep 10, 20236 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 28 Aug-10 Sep: G20, China, India, Horizon, Music, and 'woke' Bond
A two-week end of summer (not that the weather has noticed) collection of British foreign policy must-reads. Everything from Sunak at the...
Tim Oliver
Aug 27, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-reads 21-27 August: Asylum, Borders, May, China, Afghanistan, Climate.
Despite the quiet summer recess of British politics grinding on, this week offered up a bumper crop of pieces on the UK's international...
Tim Oliver
Aug 20, 20234 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 14-20 August: Afghanistan, Decline, Brexit Mindset, Environment
This week's two year anniversary of the withdrawal from Afghanistan prompted some limited reflections - but little change in policy - on...
Tim Oliver
Aug 13, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 7-13 August: UK/London’s wealth, Brexit, Ireland, Energy, US-UK
If as the FT argued this week, the UK would as poor as Mississippi if it were not for London, then that begs the question of whether...
Tim Oliver
Aug 6, 20234 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 31 Jul - 6 Aug: Special Relationship, Brexit, Risk, Indo-Pacific
This week's must-reads begins with a Ripon Forum issue on the UK-US special Relationship. Garvan Walshe and I penned a piece setting out...
Tim Oliver
Jul 31, 20234 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 24-30 July: Environment, Wagner, FCDO, UK-EU relations
One narrow victory in a by-election and suddenly debate about Britain’s environmental policies, including its international commitments,...
Tim Oliver
Jul 23, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-Reads 17-23 July: Public Opinion, Defence, China, Emigration, Brexit
A week dominated by domestic politics thanks to three by-elections left little room for frontline foreign policy discussions. That didn't...
Tim Oliver
Jul 18, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-reads10--16 July: China, Trade, Special Relationship, Brexit 2.0
The British foreign policy must-reads for last week have been delayed again, this time because I spent last weekend completing the Three...
Tim Oliver
Jul 9, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-reads 5 June - 9 July: Brexit, US-UK, Trade, Baltics and Portugal
Apologies for the absence this past month. Travel, Munro bagging, and illness have kept me from compiling my weekly British foreign...
Tim Oliver
Jun 4, 20233 min read
British Foreign Policy Must-reads 29.V-4.VI: Australia-UK trade, Exports/Growth, and Au Pairs
Spring half-terms has helped make this something of a quiet week in reporting on UK foreign policy. Despite this, several good reports...
Tim Oliver
May 28, 20234 min read
BFP Must-Reads 22.V-27.V: Record levels of immigration & Bregret, Latin America and Johnson in Texas
As expected, this week's immigration figures dominated discussion about the UK's international relations. There was the inevitable...
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