Brexit negotiations [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Written by Marcin Grajewski,

The first three rounds of negotiations on the terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union have generated only modest progress, with the two sides divided on the first-phase issues, namely the size of the UK’s financial obligations on leaving the EU, the rights of EU citizens within the UK and of UK citizens within the EU after Brexit, and the specific problem of how to deal with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

This note offers links to recent commentaries and reports published by major international think tanks and other organisations on EU-UK negotiations and on the implications of Brexit more widely. More studies on these issues can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are thinking’ from June 2017.

Brexit: Next steps of UK’s withdrawal from the EU
House of Commons Library, September 2017

Brexit and the treatment of EU citizens by the UK Home Office
Centre for European Policy Studies, September 2017

Brexit: Dealing with withdrawal symptoms
European Policy Centre, September 2017

By highlighting the EU’s value, Brexit clinches ‘Mission Impossible’
Friends of Europe, September 2017

What the German elections mean for Brexit
Centre for European Reform, August 2017

The Brexit customs vision: Frictions and fictions
Centre for European Policy Studies, August 2017

Why Brexiters should get behind Philip Hammond’s transition
Centre for European Reform, August 2017

Labour faces the need to reconcile with working class Brexit supporters
Chatham House, August 2017

Brexit’s threat to Northern Ireland
Chatham House, August 2017

Is there a basis for UK-EU compromise on enforcement and dispute settlement and the role of the ECJ?
Open Europe, August 2017

Frictionless trade?
Institute for Government, August 2017

Why the EU will have to start talking about trade soon
Open Europe, August 2017

A Customs Union by any other name
Scottish Centre on European Relations, August 2017

EU unity beyond Brexit
Carnegie Europe, August 2017

Toward a post-Brexit defense partnership
Carnegie Europe, August 2017

What sort of Brexit deal does the British public want: a review of the evidence so far
The UK in a Changing Europe, August 2017

How will Brexit impact intelligence sharing?
Atlantic Council, August 2017

Understanding the Transatlantic economy: Brexit I
German Marshall Fund, August 2017

Understanding the Transatlantic economy: Brexit II
German Marshall Fund, August 2017

Brexit = Techxit?
Confrontations Europe, August 2017

Brexit: How can diplomacy help save the EU 27?
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, July 2017

L’avenir de la politique de défense britannique
Institut français des relations internationales, July 2017

Reality bites: The Brexit negotiations seen from the other side of the Channel
European Policy Centre, July 2017

Finding the common ground: Building a Brexit around trade and single market access
Rand Europe, July 2017

Brexit: So tell me what you want, what you really really want
Rand Europe, July 2017

For a ‘Scrap-it’ Brexit: 33 reasons why … and counting
Centre for European Policy Studies, July 2017

European defence: How to engage the UK after Brexit?
Clingendael, July 2017

First signs of second thoughts on Brexit
Atlantic Council, July 2017

Smoke and mirrors of a Brexit transition deal: Ten key questions
Scottish Centre on European Relations, July 2017

Free movement is not a problem to be solved
Scottish Centre on European Relations, July 2017

To devolve or not to devolve? The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and devolution
The Constitution Unit, July 2017

Is there an exit from Brexit?
Scottish Centre on European Relations, July 2017

Brexit and the future of the EU: A view from Helsinki
Scottish Centre on European Relations, July 2017

Brexit and the decline of British foreign policy
Carnegie Europe, July 2017

When Brexit meets logic
Carnegie Europe, July 2017

Review of EU-third country cooperation on policies falling within the ITRE domain in relation to Brexit
Bruegel, July 2017

Brexit and the threat to Northern Ireland
Centre for European Reform, July 2017

The Repeal Bill shows the UK is ‘taking back control’ – But not for the people
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, July 2017

Brexit and the European Court of Justice
Institute for Government, June 2017

After Brexit: Will Ireland be next to exit?
Policy Exchange, July 2017

Brexit: No ordinary third country
European Policy Centre, July 2017

Arrested development: Why Brexit Britain cannot keep the European Arrest Warrant
Centre for European Reform, July 2017

The Irish border as a customs frontier after Brexit
Centre for European Policy Studies, July 2017

Ulster’s fight, Ulster’s rights? Brexit, Northern Ireland and the threat to British-Irish relations
Centre for European Reform, July 2017

Brexit maze: The role of EU institutions in the negotiations
Centre for European Reform, July 2017

Defying Gravity: A critique of estimates of the economic impact of Brexit
Policy Exchange, June 2017

The Repeal Bill: Legal and practical challenges of implementing Brexit
Scottish Centre on European Relations, June 2017

Hard Brexit, soft data: How to keep Britain plugged into EU databases
Centre for European Reform, June 2017

Programming Brexit: How will the UK’s IT sector fare?
Centre for European Policy Studies, June 2017

Can EU actors keep using common law after Brexit?
Bruegel, June 2017

Britain’s key task is to achieve a soft transition to a hard Brexit
Chatham House, June 2017

The only way is Brexit?
Chatham House, June 2017

Brexit withdrawal negotiations: The six crisis moments
Institute for Public Policy Research, June 2017

Are Germany and France Trying to get the UK to rescind Brexit?
Peterson Institute for International Economics, June 2017

Forget about Brexit, Focus on the euro area future
Peterson Institute for International Economics, June 2017

Northern Ireland is now at the forefront of Brexit
Rand Europe, June 2017

Analysing the EU exit charge
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, May 2017