Insight
What would a no-deal Brexit mean for UK and EU defence cooperation?
Brexit will affect how the UK contributes to these military operations. This Insight asks: what would a ‘no deal’ Brexit mean for the UK’s Armed Forces?
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Research Briefing
EU Defence: the realisation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
In November 2017, 23 EU Member States submitted a Joint Notification to the EU Council of Ministers setting out their intention to utilise the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) mechanism to further European defence (CSDP). Ireland and Portugal subsequently joined in early December and a Decision formally launching PESCO was adopted on 11 December 2017. The first 17 capability projects were formally launched in March 2018, with a second tranche of 17 projects agreed in November 2018. The UK did not sign the Joint Notification and will, therefore, remain outside of PESCO. In doing so, the UK has no decision making rights over its governance, its projects, or a veto over its future strategic direction.
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Research Briefing
The European Intervention Initiative (EII/EI2)
The European Intervention Initiative (EII/EI2) is a French-led initiative set out by President Macron in September 2017 as part of his vision for a “sovereign, united and democratic Europe”. In order to achieve that ambition he put forward proposals for a common European intervention force and a common doctrine for action, independent of the European Union. Ten European countries, including the UK, are involved in the initiative. Italy indicated its willingness to join in September 2019.
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Research Briefing
UK replacement of the EU’s external agreements after Brexit
The EU has over a thousand international agreements with non-EU countries, covering trade, aviation, nuclear co-operation and other issues. These will cease to apply to the UK when it leaves the EU. The Government has identified 157 agreements with non-EU countries that it is seeking in order to replace these arrangements in the event of a no deal Brexit. Some agreements have already been concluded, but engagement is ongoing for most of these and some will not be in place by the scheduled Brexit day of 31 October.
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Research Briefing
Naval shipbuilding: September 2019 update
The Government has selected its preferred bidder to build the Royal Navy's new frigates. This Commons Library update examines progress on the shipbuilding strategy and the main surface ship programmes: frigates, support ships and offshore patrol vessels.
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Research Briefing
Demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
In August 2019 the United States formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
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Research Briefing
European defence: where is it heading?
In light of Brexit, an increasingly assertive Russia and the unpredictable attitude of the current US administration toward European security, there is, at present. a political appetite for progress in the development of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy. Much has been achieved in the last few years and without the UK, which has historically opposed deeper defence integration, Brexit undoubtedly offers opportunities. The question is: how far will the EU at 27 be willing to go? This is an update to earlier versions of this paper published in May 2018 and May 2019.
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Debate Pack
Rohingya refugee crisis
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Rohingya refugee crisis’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 11 September 2019 from 9.30am to 11.00am. The debate has been initiated by Mrs Anne Main MP.
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Research Briefing
A no-deal Brexit: the Johnson Government
Commons Briefing Paper 8397, What if there's no Brexit deal? considered among other things how the UK and the EU arrived at a situation in which a no-deal Brexit might happen. This paper considers the position since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July.
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Debate Pack
Spending on sanctions policy and implementation
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Spending on sanctions policy and implementation’ has been scheduled for Tuesday 10 September 2019 from 9.30-11.00am. The debate has been initiated by Tom Tugendhat MP.
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Research Briefing
The Benn-Burt Bill: Another Article 50 extension?
The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill – aka the Benn-Burt Bill – is a legislative strategy to avoid (or delay) a no deal Brexit. This Insight explains how the Bill seeks to achieve that objective.
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Insight
The Benn-Burt Bill: Another Article 50 extension?
The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - aka the Benn-Burt Bill - is a legislative strategy to avoid (or delay) a no deal Brexit. This Insight explains how the Bill seeks to achieve that objective.
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Research Briefing
The United Nations Global Compact for Migration
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was formally adopted by 164 Member States of the United Nations, including the UK, in December 2018. This briefing explains what's in the Compact and its implications for Member States.
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Research Briefing
UK-EU relations after Brexit: an Association Agreement?
We don't know what the future relationship between the UK and the EU will be. It has been suggested that an Association Agreement might be appropriate because it is a fairly flexible kind of agreement and can include a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. But an Association Agreement also requires a degree of legislative approximation of the third country with the laws of the EU, and it isn't clear whether the UK Government would find this acceptable. This paper looks at the scope and contents of some existing Association Agreements.
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Research Briefing
Kashmir: The effects of revoking Article 370
Many acknowledge that Jammu and Kashmir’s political autonomy has been greatly eroded in practice since Article 370 was introduced. But is the act of revocation legal under Indian law?
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