Beste Breaking Britain podcasts (2024)

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The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on Scotland, Wales and the British State - With David Leask 48:33

6M ago48:33

48:33

With the 4 July parliamentary election now coming closer, there are growing indications of a political shock that could reshape the United Kingdom. Over the past few weeks Scotland has emerged as a key electoral battleground, where a Scottish National Party that has governed Scotland's devolved institutions for seventeen years risks losing many of …

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The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on UK Foreign and Defence Policy - With Ben Jones 59:00

7M ago59:00

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With elections looming on 4 July, the UK faces a turning point in its relationships with Europe and the wider world. Though there are three weeks of campaigning to go, all signs point to a substantial victory for the opposition Labour Party and a total collapse for the governing Conservative - or Tory - Party. To help us explore the impact this ele…

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Power Verticals and Protests: Russia and Turkey during the Crisis of the 2010s - With Dimitar Bechev 51:30

11M ago51:30

51:30

During the 2010s the Russian state under Vladimir Putin and a Turkish government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan deepened a geopolitical relationship involving cooperation as well as armed conflict. Both leaders faced domestic political challenges while pursuing their own visions of great power status. Over the past two decades, Dimitar Bechev has writ…

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Did the Crisis of the 2010s Make Brexit Inevitable? - With Annette Dittert 44:40

11M ago44:40

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In the final years of the 2000s the UK and EU were rocked by seemingly endless turmoil on global financial markets. A sense of crisis over the future of the banking system and the Euro converged with a surge of support for eurosceptic populism to fundamentally disrupt British political life. To discuss the turmoil that enveloped the UK in the early…

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Russia's Turn to Confrontation and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Ruth Deyermond 55:52

1y ago55:52

55:52

As the Crisis of the 2010s unfolded after the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008, relations between Russia and the West shifted from cautious cooperation to profound hostility. Yet even in the wake of the Russian military assault on Georgia in 2008, governments in the US and EU continued to hope for a reset of relations despite ev…

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The Sahel Wars and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Andrew Lebovich 55:08

1y ago55:08

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In the wake of the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008 the post-Cold War order was upended by a convergence of crises in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Beginning our series exploring this Crisis of the 2010s, we have been joined by Clingendael Institute Research Fellow Andrew Lebovich to explore the turmoil that engulfed commu…

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Sinking Services?: Britain's Crisis of State Capacity - With Glen O'Hara 54:50

1+ y ago54:50

54:50

In this week's episode, we have been joined by Glen O'Hara to explore the escalating crisis facing the UK's public services. Over the past 18 months among public services from universities to healthcare the British state has been shaken by waves of strikes and infrastructure breakdowns whose effects have come to be acutely felt in everyday life. Wi…

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Lavender Politics?: The Impact of LGBT Voters on British Political Debate - With Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte 51:39

1+ y ago51:39

51:39

This week we've been joined by Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte to explore the impact the changing social position of LGBT voters has had on British politics. As discrimination from state institutions has eased and wider social acceptance has grown, people with LGBT backgrounds have gained more space to play an open and prominent role in British politics. W…

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Brexit Economics: The Old Roots of Britain's New Economic Challenges - With John Mills 41:31

1+ y ago41:31

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This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we examine the economic dilemmas the UK faces in an increasingly competitive global landscape. Joining us is John Mills, who as a senior figure in the world of business and author exploring the global economy who has written extensively to make the case for Brexit as a potentially transformative economic p…

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The Politics of School Meals: Food, Community and the British Welfare State - With Heather Ellis 42:46

2y ago42:46

42:46

As inflation, the legacies of the Covid-19 pandemic and state austerity cause lasting disruption to families across the UK, the importance of school meals in providing children with regular access to healthy food has become a matter of national debate. To explore what political controversies over the provision of school meals can tell us about soci…

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Aftermaths: Foreign Policy and the Battle for the Soul of the British Left - With Oz Katerji 53:29

2y ago53:29

53:29

With opinion poll leads indicating that Labour under the leadership of Keir Starmer is on a path to winning the next UK elections, the period in which the party and its leadership was at war with itself seems a distant memory. Yet the deep divisions that opened up inside Labour when it was led by Jeremy Corbyn until 2019 still echo in debates withi…

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Strong and Stable?: The Bank of England in the Age of Brexit - With Tony Yates 45:19

2y ago45:19

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This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we examine how the UK's central bank, the Bank of England, has responded to the crises that have threatened to overwhelm Britain's institutions and economy over the past decade. Joining us is Tony Yates, who has written extensively on the macroeconomic dimensions of Brexit and other major structural change…

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Echoes of Empire: Geopolitics and Populism in Central and Eastern Europe - With Marcus How 1:00:56

2y ago1:00:56

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This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we take a look at some of the parallels between political populism in the UK and states in Central and Eastern Europe. Joining us is Marcus How, who as an experienced analyst of rapidly changing states such as Austria, Hungary, Czechia or Poland has written extensively on the emergence of populist parties …

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New Turkey, Old Problems: Managing Crisis in Turkey and Europe - With Selim Koru 46:46

2y ago46:46

46:46

This third series of the Breaking Britain Podcast will take a closer look at how the strategic challenges facing the UK interact with crisis and change around the European Union and its neighborhood. This week, we've invited Selim Koru to join us here at the European and International Studies Department at KCL to discuss the parallels and differenc…

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Russian Riddles: The Future of Russia's Relationship with the US, EU and UK with Anton Barbashin 39:39

3y ago39:39

39:39

In November 2021, defence analysts began to notice a worrying build-up of Russian troops around Ukraine's borders. In the months that followed, this surge of troops has fuelled concerns that a Russian military invasion of Ukraine could be imminent from mid-February 2022 onwards. As frantic efforts unfolded to engage in negotiations with Russian dip…

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So Close, Yet So Far Away: The Netherlands, Brexit and Europe's Future - With Caroline de Gruyter 50:09

3y ago50:09

50:09

In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum that led to the UK's departure from the EU, many observers assumed that the Netherlands would be the next state most likely to seek a political rupture with its European allies and partners. Long seen by UK politicians and pundits as a state with a similar outlook to their own, the Netherlands als…

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The Law and the Rules: Poland and the UK in the Age of Populism 59:00

3y ago59:00

59:00

The past decade has witnessed growing controversy surrounding the erosion of the rule of law in and outside the European Union. In Hungary, Serbia, Turkey and other European states the concentration of power in the hands of the executive at the expense of the autonomy of legislatures and judiciaries has triggered popular protests over a drift to au…

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A Baffled Friend: EU-UK Relations from the Czech Perspective - with Monika Brusenbauch Meislová 46:50

3y ago46:50

46:50

A year after the UK withdrew from the structures of the European Single Market, the effects of Brexit are beginning to be felt. While the COVID19 pandemic and debates about the future of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to overshadow political life within the UK, the reconfiguration of the UK's relationship with the EU has also had a p…

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How Global is Britain?: The British State's Quest to Reset Relations with the Wider World - with Toni Haastrup 48:59

3+ y ago48:59

48:59

In the wake of its departure from the EU and its growing internal tensions, the UK's relationship with the wider world is undergoing a process of transformation. Still coming to terms with longstanding legacies of the British Empire as well as a recent merger of the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, …

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The Endless Campaign: Scotland after the May 6 Elections - With David Leask 47:18

3+ y ago47:18

47:18

After months of campaigning, voters in Scotland, Wales and parts of England went to the polls on 6 May 2021. While local elections and a byelection signalled that the Conservative Party is still dominant in England, strong results for the Scottish National Party in Scotland and the Labour Party in Wales indicate a very different picture for two oth…

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The Quest for Global Britain: Military Identity and National Unity in a Competitive Age - with Matthew Ford 1:04:45

3+ y ago1:04:45

1:04:45

For the past half decade, British political parties and state institutions have struggled to formulate a new geopolitical role for the United Kingdom. Faced with the twin challenges of departure from the European Union and internal pressure on the unity of the British state, the UK government has recently set out an integrated review of foreign and…

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Global Strategy Amidst Uncertain Unity: The Crisis of the British State in Geopolitical Context - With Bleddyn Bowen 56:59

3+ y ago56:59

56:59

In March 2021, the UK government released an integrated review of foreign and defence policy outlining the strategic foundations for its interactions with the wider world. In this week's episode with Bleddyn Bowen, we will discuss how the UK's geopolitical position on the global stage is being affected by pressures on the unity of the British state…

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Towards A More Relaxed Union?: Britishness in a Changing World with Alex Massie 53:19

3+ y ago53:19

53:19

This week the Breaking Britain Podcast looks at how Unionism as a political identity and Britishness as a cultural identity have been affected by the growing pressures on the unity of the United Kingdom. Though independence movements have grown in Wales as well as Scotland and debates over Irish unification have gained momentum, political Unionism …

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The Wary Republic: Ireland and the Crisis of the UK Union with Naomi O'Leary 49:30

4y ago49:30

49:30

This week, the Breaking Britain Podcast will explore the often fraught relationship between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Over the past century interactions between both states have suffered from tensions over issues of territorial integrity and national sovereignty. With the legacy of decades of violence in Northern Ireland as a …

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The Citizen State: Identity and Power in Welsh Politics - With Roger Awan-Scully 41:10

4y ago41:10

41:10

In this episode, recorded on 8 February 2021, we explore how tensions over the unity of the British state have affected debates over power and identity in Welsh society. With its own legislature, language and party landscape, Wales has evolved a unique political culture whose internal evolution has become increasingly affected by debates over indep…

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The Geopolitics of Scotland: Scottish Politics in a Global Context - With David Leask 43:13

4y ago43:13

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As part of the Europe's Borderlands research group at the King's College London European Studies Department, this podcast series will take a deeper look at how the United Kingdom's crisis of unity will affect the nations on the islands of Britain and Ireland. In this episode, recorded on 28 January 2021, we examine how debates over Scottish indepen…

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The Vow: The Shifting Foundations of The United Kingdom's Constitutional Order - With Nicola McEwen 53:18

4y ago53:18

53:18

As part of the Europe's Borderlands research group at the King's College London European Studies Department, this podcast series will take a deeper look at how the United Kingdom's crisis of unity will affect the nations on the islands of Britain and Ireland. In this episode, recorded on 20 January 2021, we will look at how the constitutional struc…

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Endings and Beginnings: From United Kingdom to Breaking Britain - With Peter Geoghegan 1:01:05

4y ago1:01:05

1:01:05

As part of the Europe's Borderlands research group at the King's College London European Studies Department, this podcast series will take a deeper look at how the United Kingdom's crisis of unity will affect the nations on the islands of Britain and Ireland. In this opening episode we will explore the historical legacies that have fuelled support …

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The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on Scotland, Wales and the British State - With David Leask 48:33

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The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on UK Foreign and Defence Policy - With Ben Jones 59:00

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Power Verticals and Protests: Russia and Turkey during the Crisis of the 2010s - With Dimitar Bechev 51:30

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Did the Crisis of the 2010s Make Brexit Inevitable? - With Annette Dittert 44:40

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Russia's Turn to Confrontation and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Ruth Deyermond 55:52

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The Sahel Wars and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Andrew Lebovich 55:08

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Sinking Services?: Britain's Crisis of State Capacity - With Glen O'Hara 54:50

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Lavender Politics?: The Impact of LGBT Voters on British Political Debate - With Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte 51:39

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Brexit Economics: The Old Roots of Britain's New Economic Challenges - With John Mills 41:31

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The Politics of School Meals: Food, Community and the British Welfare State - With Heather Ellis 42:46

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Aftermaths: Foreign Policy and the Battle for the Soul of the British Left - With Oz Katerji 53:29

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Strong and Stable?: The Bank of England in the Age of Brexit - With Tony Yates 45:19

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Echoes of Empire: Geopolitics and Populism in Central and Eastern Europe - With Marcus How 1:00:56

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New Turkey, Old Problems: Managing Crisis in Turkey and Europe - With Selim Koru 46:46

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Russian Riddles: The Future of Russia's Relationship with the US, EU and UK with Anton Barbashin 39:39

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So Close, Yet So Far Away: The Netherlands, Brexit and Europe's Future - With Caroline de Gruyter 50:09

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The Law and the Rules: Poland and the UK in the Age of Populism 59:00

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A Baffled Friend: EU-UK Relations from the Czech Perspective - with Monika Brusenbauch Meislová 46:50

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How Global is Britain?: The British State's Quest to Reset Relations with the Wider World - with Toni Haastrup 48:59

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The Endless Campaign: Scotland after the May 6 Elections - With David Leask 47:18

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The Quest for Global Britain: Military Identity and National Unity in a Competitive Age - with Matthew Ford 1:04:45

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Global Strategy Amidst Uncertain Unity: The Crisis of the British State in Geopolitical Context - With Bleddyn Bowen 56:59

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Towards A More Relaxed Union?: Britishness in a Changing World with Alex Massie 53:19

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The Wary Republic: Ireland and the Crisis of the UK Union with Naomi O'Leary 49:30

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The Citizen State: Identity and Power in Welsh Politics - With Roger Awan-Scully 41:10

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The Geopolitics of Scotland: Scottish Politics in a Global Context - With David Leask 43:13

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The Vow: The Shifting Foundations of The United Kingdom's Constitutional Order - With Nicola McEwen 53:18

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Endings and Beginnings: From United Kingdom to Breaking Britain - With Peter Geoghegan 1:01:05

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