Presented by the SCGA
The SCGA’s John Edward talks with Dr Benjamin Martill of Edinburgh University on Britain’s changing relationship with the European Union, with a particular focus on foreign and security policy
In this episode, the SCGA’s John Edward speaks with Dr Benjamin Martill, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh.
We consider his research into the UK’s relationship with the growing EU foreign and defence policy, how both sides responded to the protracted process of the UK’s EU withdrawal, and the prospects for incremental development in the future We conclude with a look at how the landscape is changing once again with the invasion of Ukraine, its application for EU membership, and wider implications for the EU from NATO expansion.
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You may learn more at the following links:
For further reading see:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121211003789
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2023.2198578
https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad243
In addition, Ben has written an article for UK in a Changing Europe on ‘compensatory foreign policy‘.
