Insight
Is US-Russian nuclear arms control on the brink?
This Insight examines the current nuclear restrictions under New START and the prospects for future arms control.
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Research Briefing
2020 CJEU Judgments in Summary
This briefing paper summarises a selection of Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) judgments from 2020.
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Debate Pack
Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on negotiations for a future UK/EU relationship
An Opposition Day debate on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on negotiations for a future UK/EU relationship has been scheduled for Wednesday 15 July 2020 in the Main Chamber.
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Research Briefing
Prospects for US-Russian nuclear arms control
Bilateral agreements aimed at restricting the nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia have been in place since the early 1970s. For the first time in nearly 50 years that nuclear arms control architecture is now potentially heading towards a crisis.
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Insight
Retained EU law and lower courts – A Government consultation
This Insight explores a consultation concerning the circumstances in which UK courts and tribunals might depart from retained EU case law.
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Debate Pack
The merger between DFID and the FCO and the implications for expenditure of Official Development Assistance (ODA) across government
On Thursday 9 July there will be an Estimates Day debate in the House of Commons Chamber on “The merger between DFID and the FCO and the implications for expenditure of Official Development Assistance (ODA) across government.” The debate will be led by Sarah Champion and Tom Tugendhat, the respective chairs of the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Research Briefing
Service Police review
The Ministry of Defence published a review of the Service Police as part of a wider review of the Service Justice System. This Commons Library briefing paper discusses who the Service Police are, what they do, and the outcome of the review.
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Insight
Coronavirus: Responses in Rwanda and Tanzania
This Insight looks at the effectiveness of responses to coronavirus in Rwanda and Tanzania and the wider political and economic impacts.
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Insight
Coronavirus in developing countries: Mapping national policy responses
This Insight maps the main trends in coronavirus policy to date among developing countries.
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Research Briefing
Eastern Ukraine: dashed hopes?
The election of a new president in 2019 raised the prospect of a resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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Research Briefing
The defence single source regulatory framework under review
The Ministry of Defence will review the single source contract regulatory framework in 2021. This Commons Library briefing paper explains what the framework is and changes made to date.
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Research Briefing
Fisheries: UK-EU future relationship negotiations
The UK is in the process of negotiating its future relationship with the EU, including fisheries, following Brexit.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: governance
Governance is one of the principal sticking points in the negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. This briefing paper outlines the key differences between the UK and EU approach.
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Research Briefing
Brexit: energy and climate change
A House of Commons Library Briefing Paper discussing key energy and climate change policy in relation to the negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and UK.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: Level playing field
The so-called level playing field - rules on competition, state aid, taxation, labour and environmental standards, and climate change - are one of the main causes of disagreement between the UK and EU in the negotiations on their future partnership. This paper explains the commitments that both parties are proposing in these areas in order to come to a deal.
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