Written by Marcin Grajewski,

European Union officials have warned the United Kingdom that time is running out if definitive agreement on the country’s withdrawal from the Union is to be reached by this autumn. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Theresa May is struggling to keep her Cabinet and Conservative Party united as the focus of negotiations has shifted to the future customs regime and the accompanying, highly sensitive, issue of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
This note offers links to reports and commentaries from some major international think-tanks and research institutes on Brexit negotiations and related issues. More reports on the topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are thinking’, published in January 2018.
Brexit: Next steps in UK’s withdrawal from the EU
House of Commons Library, May 2018
Brexit and EU agencies
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, May 2018
Brexit: What Theresa May’s White Paper must do
European Policy Centre, May 2018
How “special” will the UK-EU security partnership really be?
Open Europe, May 2018
Brexit endgame: Uncertainty mounts in face of deep Tory divides
Scottish Centre for International Relations, May 2018
UK must swallow the unpalatable Irish backstop
Centre for European Reform, May 2018
Theresa May’s Cabinet customs row is irrelevant, it’s the Brexit backstop that really matters
Centre for European Reform, May 2018
Getting over the line: Solutions to the Irish border
Policy Exchange, May 2018
Brexit Brief
Institute of International and European Affairs, May 2018
While May must decide what to do about Northern Ireland and Brexit, here’s what the people themselves think
UK in a Changing Europe, May 2018
Brexit: Implications for cross-border lives
UK in a Changing Europe, May 2018
India and the UK adjust to the realities of Brexit
UK in a Changing World, May 2018
Voting on Brexit: Parliament’s consideration of the withdrawal deal and future framework
Institute for Government, April 2018
Devolution after Brexit: Managing the environment, agriculture and fisheries
Institute for Government, April 2018
The reopening of the Irish question
Carnegie Europe, April 2018
Brexit: What impact on British global power?
Institut Thomas More, April 2018
Plugging in the British: EU defence policy
Centre for European Reform, April 2018
What third-country role is open to the UK in defence?
Centre for European Policy Studies, April 2018
The EU budget after Brexit: Reform not revolution
Centre for European Reform, April 2018
‘Zero-sum’ approach to defence and security during Brexit negotiations risks a less secure UK and EU
Rand Corporation, April 2018
Deepening political divisions and exacerbating peripherality: Scotland, Northern Ireland and Brexit
Scottish Centre for International Relations, April 2018
Brexit roundup series
Scottish Centre for International Relations, April 2018
The bigger EU problems hidden by Brexit
Friends of Europe, April 2018
Who will cope with the post-Brexit resentment?
Notre Europe, April 2018
Wishful Brexiting: Or the complicated transformation of what Britain wants into reality
Fondation Robert Schuman, March 2018
Brexit: Half in, half out or right out?
European Policy Centre, March 2018
Believe it or not, EU doesn’t share Britain’s obsession with Brexit
Friends of Europe, March 2018
Brexit and the financial services industry: The story so far
European Policy Centre, March 2018
Negotiating Brexit: The views of the EU27
Institute for Government, March 2018
Keeping Europe safe after Brexit
European Council on Foreign Relations, March 2018
Rethinking the European Union’s post-Brexit budget priorities
Bruegel, March 2018
The Brexit transition deal
Bruegel, March 2018
Costing Brexit: What is Whitehall spending on exiting the EU?
Institute for Government, March 2018
A Brexit gentlemen’s agreement
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2018
The impact of the UK-EU agreement on residence rights for EU families
UK in a Changing Europe, March 2018
There is life for the EU after Brexit
Carnegie Europe, March 2018
Getting accustomed to Brexit: UK and the customs union scenario
Bruegel, March 2018
Will the unity of the 27 crack?
Centre for European Reform, March 2018
Plugging in the British: EU foreign policy
Centre for European Reform, March 2018
Theresa May’s deep and comprehensive free trade agreement
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2018
Brexit: Promising the impossible
Carnegie Europe, March 2018
Implications of Brexit for food and agriculture in developing countries
Trinity College Dublin, March 2018
Why a good Brexit outcome matters (and it’s not just the economy, stupid!)
Bruegel, February 2018
Ireland-UK relations and Northern Ireland after Brexit
LSE Ideas, February 2018
Global champion: The case for unilateral free trade
Policy Exchange, February 2018
Brexit and beyond: The future of Europe
Dahrendorf Forum, February 2018
Over-the-counter interest rate derivatives: The clock is ticking for the UK and the EU
Centre for European Policy Studies, February 2018
Brexit: The transition period
Fondation Robert Schuman, February 2018
Brexit and human rights
Centre for International Governance Innovation, February 2018
Cross-border insolvencies after Brexit: Views from the United Kingdom and Continental Europe
Centre for International Governance Innovation, February 2018
Failing financial institutions: How will Brexit impact cross-border cooperation in recovery, reconstruction and insolvency processes?
Centre for International Governance Innovation, February 2018
Brexit and environmental law: The rocky road ahead
Centre for International Governance Innovation, February 2018
Leaving the EU, not the European model? New findings on public attitudes to Brexit
Institute for Public Policy Research, February 2018
Have your cake or eat it
Institute for Public Policy Research, February 2018
Theresa May et le bateau ivre du Brexit
Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, February 2018
Brexit and European security
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, February 2018
UK foreign and security policy post-Brexit: The search for a European Strategy
Swedish Institute of International Affairs, February 2018
Brexit, strategy, and the EU: Britain takes leave
Egmont, January 2018
Read this briefing on ‘Brexit negotiations‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
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