Events

The AEJ UK

The AEJ UK is part of a professional network of journalists and specialists active across Europe, independent of any institutional or political group and recognised by the Council of Europe, the OSCE and UNESCO. We connect the newsmakers who shape our political and economic world with journalists, broadcasters and writers on European affairs. Meetings are open to journalists, academics and Europe specialists and guests. Pre-registration is necessary for all meetings by email to cas.jenkins@gmail.com. A £25 fee is charged to cover the cost of a light lunch and drinks, £10 for under-25s, and free admission may be extended to students. […]



What future for the Wagner Group?

Andreas Krieg, an expert in surrogate warfare and the growth of private military companies, has assessed the Kremlin’s efforts to re-mould the notorious Wagner Group after the death of its charismatic leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. He spoke at […]

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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 https://bham.academia.edu/JaroslavaBarbieri . She […]

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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 European Union […]

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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 some in business, […]

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AEJ Guests 2023

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. […]

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Russia’s disintegrating neighbourhood

Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, brought his expertise on Russia, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to an AEJ UK lunch on November 23.He examined the impact on Russia's neighbours of the war in Ukraine […]

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Unity in the face of increasing threats

Preserving and extending media freedom has never faced greater challenges, and collaboration between professional journalists and international bodies committed to defending democracy and the rules-based world order is going to be more important than ever in that […]

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The view from Palestine

Dr Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK since 2018 and former adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, was strongly critical of western hypocrisy towards Palestine when he spoke at an AEJ UK lunch […]

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Holding Russia accountable

International human rights lawyer Aarif Abraham argues that the only legal way to make Russia accountable for a crime of aggression in the Ukraine is to establish a special tribunal. At an AEJ UK lunch meeting on […]

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Sanctions on Russia – an assessment

International economic strategist and sanctions expert Timothy Ash assessed the impact of international sanctions on Russia’s ability to prosecute the war in Ukraine at an AEJ UK lunch meeting on July 4.A senior strategist at BlueBay Asset […]

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Sanctions on Russia – reflections after Timothy Ash

A commentary from Anthony Robinson, AEJ member and former FT eastern Europe and Russia correspondent 5 July 2022               Everybody got it wrong. Most Western governments didn’t think Putin was daft enough to mount a full scale […]

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Macron will win election says Vincent Martigny

French President Emmanuel Macron will probably be re-elected and French politics especially on the right are likely to be changed says Vincent Martigny – largely because of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The professor of political science […]

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UK law will not fix asylum system

The head of the UK Refugee Council warns that the UK government's imminent Nationality and Borders bill will make things worse for asylum seekers and will not fix a broken asylum system.Enver Solomon predicted the proposed legislation […]

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AEJ Guests 2022

The AEJ returned to regular in-person meetings in 2022 after nearly two years of online dialogue due to the covid pandemic. Most of the meetings examined the war in Ukraine. […]

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AEJ Guests 2021

The AEJ UK moved to virtual online meetings for all of 2021 due to the covid pandemic as our guests looked into the future for the UK, Germany, Russia, Afghanistan and the whole planet at COP 26. […]

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AEJ Guests 2020

The AEJ UK continued to hold meetings through the 2020 year of covid, switching to virtual online meetings after the March lockdown. […]

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AEJ Guests 2019

In 2019 the AEJ UK moved its lunchtime meetings from Europe House, London home of the EU Commission and European Parliament and host for AEJ UK gatherings for many years, as Brexit complicated the EU's diplomatic and […]

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View from Scotland

Three members of the Scottish Parliament, three different parties, three differing perspectives on Brexit’s impact north of the border. […]

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AEJ Guests 2018

In 2018 Brexit dominated AEJ UK lunchtime meetings just as it did for most of the year's news agenda. […]

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AEJ UK Anniversaries

On the 50th anniversary of its formation in 1968 the AEJ UK hosted an open and substantial dialogue among figures from opposing sides of the Brexit debate. […]

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AEJ Guests 2017

Digesting Brexit and Donald Trump and their impact on the UK, international relations and global security caught the attention of much of the media through 2017 and was reflected in the AEJ's guest list. […]

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Brexit dominates AEJ congress November 2016

Perhaps unsurprisingly the issue of Brexit was on every delegate’s mind at the AEJ’s 2016 Congress in Kilkenny in southeastern Ireland on 4 –6 November – and in reporting of the event. And it was certainly on […]

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