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This report examines the impact Brexit would have not only on the UK, but also on other countries in the EU. The key findings of the report are: Deep trading...

The UK election campaign may have been boring, but it has revealed quite a bit about the current state of British politics and the prospects for the next government regardless...

In many ways private equity - with its combination of capital and management expertise - is a perfect fit for Africa. As the scale of Africa’s potential has become recognised...

The UK election campaign may have been boring, but it has revealed quite a bit about the current state of British politics and the prospects for the next government regardless...

The Scottish National Party looks set to return a large, visible and potentially powerful group of MPs after the British general election on 7 May which promises to be the...

The political framework agreed by Iran and the P5+1 on 2 April is a major milestone towards a comprehensive nuclear deal that could stop a military conflict in the Middle...

At the end of 2015 the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy will face re-election. Andalusia’s regional elections last week provided further evidence that this will not be a two, but...

The decision by the UK to participate in the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provoked an intemperate response from Washington, which it as a challenge to the...

At its heart, the February Indian budget was a calculation that a renewed pace of growth buys the Modi government time to get its political house in order to deliver...

The inauguration of Joko Widodo as President of Indonesia in October 2014 was a landmark event in Indonesian politics. The subsequent hundred days have fulfilled some of the huge expectations...

One year on from the downfall of Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine remains in a state of chronic crisis. The mood in Kiev is bleak, however the last twelve months have seen...

The outcome of the UK's May 2015 election is uncertain. It is the most open and unpredictable British national election for a generation This election may well lead to the...

Strikes by taxi drivers against disruptive taxi apps such as Uber have become a common occurrence around the world in recent months, including last week across a number of major...

For almost exactly one year the German Grand Coalition government has preserved Angela Merkel in power and handed the centre-left SPD exceptional influence over energy and microeconomic policy. The trade-offs...

Three years ago, the Spanish two-party political system looked comparatively stable. Now, and with three major electoral contests scheduled in the Spanish calendar for 2015, everything looks very different. At...

After only two months in office, the Social Democrats’ precarious minority government in Sweden is already facing a crisis over their first budget. The government is likely to prevail, but...

The issue of Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) has surfaced in the EU as a focus of political opposition to a possible TTIP trade and investment deal with the United...

Russia is now more isolated than at any time since Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985. This is a consequence of...