Tag Archives: Europe

China, coronavirus and the politics of paranoia

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The over two hundred independent countries of the world face similar problems dealing with the coronavirus, but the responses from each country are unique. This is one of the fundamental lessons so far from the pandemic. As the proverb says, … Continue reading →

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Brexit and the British Constitution: Part IV. The pre-1945 Roots of British Supranationalism.

Posted on 10/01/2020 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The photo on the front is of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1916 to 1922. His Liberal-Conservative government fell part in late 1922, and the Liberal Party remained out of power for nearly a century. Now … Continue reading →

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The Supreme Court judgement on Prime Minister Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament: Part I: Definitions and timeline.

Posted on 06/11/2019 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

On 24 September 2019, in a unanimous decision by eleven justices, the UK’s Supreme Court  found Prime Minister Johnson’s advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament from September  9 and 12 September 2019 until the State Opening of Parliament on … Continue reading →

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Whitehall and Westminster will not, do not want, and cannot deliver the result of the June 23, 2016 referendum.

Posted on 28/05/2018 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The Brexit talks have been lumbering on, as the Prime Minister makes her oral commitments to the British public and then  proceeds to rescind them. The UK, she has reiterated, will be leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union, … Continue reading →

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Berlin Rules: Why, What, How, and is that so?

Posted on 30/12/2017 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The three books under review deal with Europe, but their focus is Germany. Paul Lever, former British ambassador to Germany, is the author of Europe and the Germany Way: Berlin Rules, I.B.Taurus, 2017. Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister, authors Adults … Continue reading →

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A Century of British history: Eton and the liberal core of Britain.

Posted on 15/12/2017 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

Jeremy Lewis, David Astor, London, Vintage, 2016; William Waldegrave,  A Different Kind of Weather: A Memoir, London, Constable, 2015. Books sometimes achieve canonical status. One such is George Dangerfield’s, The Strange Death of Liberal England, which argued that the Liberal … Continue reading →

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Brexit: A Certain Idea of Europe.

Posted on 29/10/2017 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The result of the June 23, 2016 referendum as to whether the United Kingdom(UK) should remain in or leave the EU seems final enough. On a 72% voter turnout, 52% voted for Leave and 48% for Remain.  Yet the vote … Continue reading →

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Should Britain have entered the war in 1914? An interesting debate

Posted on 05/10/2017 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD
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Realpolitik and the European Union. Final Chapter: Part 2. The true challenge facing the Merkel-Macron tandem.

Posted on 16/06/2017 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

The UK’s certain idea of Europe. A USE maybe attainable. But the hurdles along the path towards it are innumerable, and as likely as not unknown. Not the least of these is that a USE would be at the very … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Economic stability versus immigration

Posted on 19/05/2016 by Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD

We are five weeks away from the June 23 referendum on Brexit or not, and the polls put the Remain and Leave camps neck and neck. Two key factors will determine the outcome of the referendum on June 23 about … Continue reading →

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