20th July 2016 Joint event with Global Policy Institute A panel discussion with speakers and commentators from the Federal Trust and Global Policy Institute: Brendan Donnelly, Directorm, The Federal Trust Nicolas Maclean, Council Member, The Federal Trust Viara Bojkova, Head of Geo-Economics Programme and Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute [...]
Brexit and Ireland 9th June 2016 Discussion about the implications of a possible Brexit for Anglo-Irish relations, and more particularly the situation in Northern Ireland. Speakers: Daithi O’Ceallaigh, Board member at the Institute for International and European Affairs, Dublin, and former Irish Ambassador in London Dr Mary Murphy, Lecturer [...]
31st May 2016 Jointly organised with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute Speakers: Dr Tim Oliver, Dahrendorf Fellow on Europe-North America Relations, LSE IDEAS Dr Hartmut Mayer, Offical Fellow and Lecturer in Politics (International Relations), St Peters College, University of Oxford Video interviews:
7th April 2016 Jointly organised with Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Global Policy Institute This joint seminar with the Konrad Adenauer and Global Policy Institute discussed the impact of the forthcoming EU referendum on Anglo-German relations and how the Brexit discussion, and its possible implications, has been received in Germany. Speakers [...]
Britain and the EU: Difficult Questions Joint conference by The Federal Trust Global Policy Institute Industry Forum 25th February 2016 The relationship of the United Kingdom with the European Union is entering a new chapter. The UK is seeking a new settlement with its European partners through a process of [...]
Devolution has ‘knock-on’ implications for many aspects of the UK constitution. The United Kingdom may still be classified as a unitary state, but the relationship of the devolved institutions of Scotland, Wales and (when operating) Northern Ireland with the Whitehall/Westminster nexus will gradually acquire many quasi-federal features. Federalism has a [...]
