By Ewen Stewart – 5 minute read MUCH has been written about the symbolism of the fall of Kabul. The perception seems to be growing that a mediaeval army has overcome American power (and by association that of the West generally) and shown it has no clothes. China and others will thus conclude the age of [...]
By Ewen Stewart – 5 minute read WAS PRESIDENT CLINTON right? He thought by enabling China to join the World Trade Organisation in 1999 they would cease their authoritarian ways and become more like us. By us he seemed to imply his version of ‘liberal democracy.’ 20-odd years later that confident prediction looks rather mistaken. At one level Clinton might [...]
By Ewen Stewart, Director of Global Britain. Global Britain is pleased to publish a major paper by David Murrin Now or Never – UK Strategic Defence Review 2020. You can find the paper on our Reports page here. David Murrin's paper is a major contribution to the debate on Britain's future role in the world from [...]
by Ewen Stewart DO YOU REMEMBER that David Cameron’s Government claimed a vote to leave the EU would immediately hit GDP by 5% and cost 500,000 jobs? Global Britain was one of only a tiny number of economic observers to argue this was, well, bunkum. We said the economic impact would be minimal in the short [...]
by Ewen Stewart, Brexit Central, 4th November 2017 One does not need a long memory to recall the persistent and dire warnings that if the UK voted to leave the EU, in June 2016, there would be an immediate sharp recession and subsequent collapse in employment. HM Treasury official guidance to voters, in a letter sent [...]
