Martin Kettle, Guardian
Britain leaves the EU with its sovereignty compromised, its economy weakened - and its leader walking a tightrope.
Michael Gove, Times of London
hroughout it all, one fact mattered. More people in the UK voted to leave the EU than have ever voted for anything. The 2016 referendum campaign was not an easy moment in the life of this country but there was a reason why it mattered so much to so many. It gave them the chance to take back control.
Financial Times
After nine months of tortuous and at-times fractious negotiations, the UK and the EU have reached agreement on an economic partnership agreement that will govern large swaths of bilateral trade worth more than £650bn.
Spectator
When Britain voted on whether to leave the EU or remain within it there were valid arguments on both sides. But on one thing most leavers and remainers could surely have agreed: the Brexit would be a pointless and wasteful exercise unless Britain would retrieve the powers that voters wanted. A deal that left us under EU rules - as outlined by Theresa May's Chequers proposal - would mean all of the pain but minimal gain. Boris Johnson's test was whether he could do better.
Robert Kaplan, FPRI
In 2004, Harvard Professor Samuel P. Huntington published his last book, Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity. The book received virtually all bad, in some cases scathing, reviews. Its broad theme was that the continued rise of Mexican immigration, legal and illegal, into the United States, coupled with the ascent of multiculturalism—even while America's policy elites were turning away from America and...
Rick Joe, The Diplomat
All military forces have a desired force requirement and a desired "critical mass" to aspire toward. What does the 14th five-year plan tell us about China's?
Duncan Robinson, Economist
NTERNAL FRICTIONS, external worries and some long-anticipated farewells will be the order of the day for the European Union in 2021. A colossal amount of effort went into agreeing to issue €750bn ($888bn) in collective debt for the first time to allay a financial crisis, as covid-19 racked the continent. In 2021 EU politicians will learn that agreeing to borrow the money was the easy bit—agreeing how to spend it will be much harder.
