Brexit Decision: The UK Needs to Become the EU's New Best Friend

Malcolm Chalmers

As Britain has voted to begin negotiations to relinquish its membership of the European Union, we outline the political and economic frameworks for these testy discussions, as well as the pillars of a future settlement designed to uphold Europe’s security structures.

Negotiating Britain’s EU Departure: From Tears to Hard-Headed Calculations

Jonathan Eyal

First indications of Britain’s negotiating stance with the EU are beginning to appear. They are shrewder and more realistic than commonly assumed, but will also require emotions to be tempered by hard-headed calculations, if Britain’s marginalisation in Europe is to be avoided.

Would a New SDSR Be Needed After a Brexit Vote?

Malcolm Chalmers

Professor Malcolm Chalmers presents a personal argument stating that a UK decision to leave the EU would be as significant a shift in UK national strategy as the decision in the late 1960s to withdraw from bases East of Suez and, as a result, would necessitate a new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).

The Defence Implications of Brexit

This conference explored how the UK and EU can maintain a long-standing defence and security relationship after Brexit.

RUSI UNDER-35s FORUM MEMBERS ONLY - Brexit and the European Elections

This event will explore the impact of the upcoming European elections on the UK, and what the results might mean for British politics following the invocation of Article 50.

The View from Paris: Reflections on a Changing Strategic Environment

M. Philippe Errera, DG for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) at the French Ministry of Defence (MOD), will give his thoughts on the French approach to defence and security in the face of ‘Brexit’ and the new US Administration.