The EU and the UK: Brexit and beyond?
- Date & Time
March 29, 15:00-17:00 - Venue
Conference room #1(5F) Building #9, Waseda Campus - Speaker
Richard Whitman (University of Kent, Professor of International Relations) - Participation
No registration required - Language
English - Audience
Students, faculty members, and the general public - Hosted by
Waseda Institute for British Studies
About Professor Richard G. Whitman
Professor Richard G. Whitman is Director of the Global Europe Centre and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. He is also an Associate Fellow and former Head of the Europe Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).
His current research interests include Brexit and especially the future foreign and security and defence policies of the UK and the EU.
He is the author and editor of eleven books, published over sixty articles and book chapters, on European integration and UK foreign and security policy. He is a lead editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) – the longest established international academic journal covering the politics and economics of European integration. He was elected as an Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2007 and is the 2017-2018 elected Chair of the British International Studies Association (BISA). He has also been appointed as an Academic Fellow of the European Policy Centre (EPC).
Professor Whitman is a regular international media commentator. Recent coverage has included BBC radio and television, Sky, ITV, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC and he has been quoted by print publications including The Economist, The Financial Times, Newsweek, Reuters, the International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal.
He has regularly been called to give evidence to the UK Parliament on UK and EU foreign and security issues.
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