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Professor Aileen McHarg joins Professor Anand Menon to discuss the effects of Brexit on the UK's territorial constitution, Scottish independence and the intersection of law and politics. --- Aileen McHarg has been Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at Durham University since 2019. She previously worked at the Universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Bristol. She has published widely in the fields of UK and Scots public law, but has particular expertise on devolution and the UK’s territorial constitution. Amongst other things, she is joint general editor of the journal Public Law, co-chair of the British-Irish Chapter of the International Society of Public Law, and a member of the UK Constitution Monitoring Group.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum joins Professor Anand Menon to discuss the rise of authoritarianism around the world and her book, 'Twilight of Democracy'; Western support for Ukraine; and the effects of Brexit on British politics.

Professor Philippe Sands KC joins Professor Catherine Barnard to discuss his latest book, 'The Last Colony', which tells the story of the illegal British occupation of the Chagos Islands; the UK's role in the world; as well as Russia's war against Ukraine, from the perspective of international law. ---- Philippe Sands KC is Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London Faculty of Laws and Samuel and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is a practising barrister at 11 King’s Bench Walk (11KBW) and appears as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals. He sits as an arbitrator in international investment disputes and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He is author of 'Lawless World' (2005) and 'Torture Team'(2008) and numerous academic books on international law, and has contributed to the New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, the Financial Times, The Guardian and the New York Times. His most recent books are 'East West Street: On the Origins of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide' (2016) (awarded the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize, the 2017 British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year, and the 2018 Prix Montaigne) and 'The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive' (2020), also available as BBC and France Culture podcasts. His latest book is 'The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy' (2022). Philippe is President of English PEN and a member of the Board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.

Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, joins Anand Menon to discuss his recent research, the political situation in different European countries, his views on the future of Europe and more.

In this episode of UK in a Changing Europe's Brexit and Beyond podcast, Helen Drake, Professor of French and European Studies at Loughborough University London, and Joël Reland, Researcher at UKICE, join Anand Menon to discuss the state of French politics.

Will Moy, Chief Executive of Full Fact, joins Anand Menon and Jill Rutter in this episode of UK in a Changing Europe’s Brexit and Beyond podcast to discuss, amongst other things, the work of Full Fact and the importance of transparency and accountability in political settings.

In this episode of UK in a Changing Europe's Brexit and Beyond podcast, Catherine Briddick (University of Oxford) and Cathryn Costello (Hertie School, Berlin; University of Oxford) join UKICE Deputy Director Catherine Barnard to discuss migration, refugee and asylum policy, the Ukraine scheme, the Government's Rwanda policy, and more.

UK in a Changing Europe Researcher Joël Reland and Senior Research Fellow Jill Rutter join Anand Menon in this episode to discuss UK-EU regulatory divergence, the impact on businesses, how different sectors such as agriculture and financial services are coping and more.

In a special edition of the Brexit and Beyond podcast, Katy Hayward, Senior Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of Political Sociology at Queen's University Belfast, joins Jill Rutter and Anand Menon to discuss the rapidly changing circumstances in and around Northern Ireland.

Our Senior Fellow Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College London, joins Anand Menon to discuss inflation, the cost of living crisis, the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 and more.