How is Britain doing at the UN?

It was widely predicted that Britain would see its influence fade in international organizations post-Brexit. But is that actually happening?

For a a special issue of #BritainDebrief​ to mark the end of the UK's chairmanship of the UN Security Council I spoke to Richard Gowan, UN director at the International Crisis Group about why he thinks Britain is doing better than expected in New York.

How has Brexit transformed the Tory party and how will historians view Brexit?

For this week's #BritainDebrief​ for the Atlantic Council I spoke to Nick Timothy, former joint chief of staff to Prime Minister Theresa May and columnist at the Daily Telegraph, about what he sees as the realignment taking place in British politics, what Brexit taught him about Britain, how he thinks May's government will be remembered and what are the risks to Tory hegemony going forward.

What would a realist British foreign policy look like?

For this week's #BritainDebrief​ for the Atlantic Council I spoke to Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham, about the weakness of UK grand strategy, strategic sloganeering, the "two Boris Johnsons" in foreign policy and the dangers of seeking to be a "global" Britain.

This week the UK government launched it's long awaited Integrated Review.

In the first of two interviews for #BritainDebrief​ for the Atlantic Council on how the government's long awaited outline for Global Britain went down in DC, I spoke to Dr. Kori Schake, the director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute and a former State Department, Pentagon and National Security Council Official.

What does Washington think of the document? How does she rate Boris Johnson's foreign policy? What was missing from the Integrated Review? And what does the administration expect from future UK ties with the EU? Kori unpacked this and more for #BritainDebrief​.

This week the UK government launched it's long awaited Integrated Review.

In the second of two interviews for #BritainDebrief​​ for the Atlantic Council on how the government's long awaited outline for Global Britain went down in DC, I spoke to Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President of the Atlantic Council and a former National Security Council official.

What did Washington make of its "total strategy" approach? Has the Integrated Review put the Brexit debate behind us in Washington? What should Britain do now to demonstrate seriousness and intent? Damon laid out his view on the Integrated Review and post-Brexit Britain in the world for #BritainDebrief​.

Where is Britain in its economic history?

How has the country risen or fallen in the hierarchy of states since the end of the Cold War? What economic and sociological megatrends have shaped the politics of Brexit? And what role has the Bank of England played shaping the country's recent political economy?

To answer these questions and more I spoke to Professor Adam Tooze of Columbia University, where he is director of the European Institute and author most recently of "Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World" for this week's #BritainDebrief​.