The AEJ opened 2023 with a return to two of the biggest issues facing the UK and much of the rest of the western world – the economy and the ongoing covid epidemic.
13 September: What future for the Wagner group?
Dr. Andreas Krieg, a political and country risk analyst and senior lecturer at King’s College London, will examine the Wagner group’s deep penetration of countries in Africa and the Middle East as a tool […]
4 October: Lord Patten of Barnes will speak on Hong Kong, China and the World Order
In conversation with journalist and writer David Worsfold October 4th, from 12:00 noon at Regent’s University London; co-hosted by Regent’s University and the AEJ Lord Patten, the Chancellor of Oxford University, was the last British governor of […]
Understanding Ukraine’s “350-year war” for independence
William Horsley reports on the AEJ’s meeting on 5 June 2023 with researcher and political scientist Jaroslava BarbieriJaroslava Barbieri is an Italo-Ukrainian political scientist whose research focuses on Ukraine and the former Soviet Union […]
Brexit – an audit of UK-EU relations
Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe, predicts that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework agreement resetting trade rules for the island of Ireland will remain the formal template for relations with […]
The UK economy – not as bad as you might believe
Simon French, chief economist at British investment bank Panmure Gordon and former senior civil servant, says the UK's economic performance and outlook are both broadly in line with other G7 economies despite pessimism from […]
The world’s response to covid – what went wrong and right
For two years the covid pandemic dominated our news, shocking us with the impact of its spread and the variation in policy responses from different governments.Now there's an argument that many of us are […]