‘We thought we were friends!’ Franco-British bilateral diplomacy under pressure

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A public lecture with guest speaker, Professor Helen Drake (Loughborough University London), as part of the Global Language-based Area Studies research theme at the School.

Event format
Please note this event will be hybrid in format: the guest speaker will be giving their paper in person at the venue and attendees have the option to join either in person or online via Zoom.

Abstract
Brexit was a shock to the Franco-British bilateral relationship (FBBR). Political turbulence on either side of the Channel since (notably in the UK) has prolonged the disruption. Perhaps cross-Channel cooperation, even when it works, is of diminishing significance in today’s world.  In this paper I return to and expand on some of the findings of the research  in which I and my co-author Professor Pauline Schnapper explored the meaning of Brexit for the FBBR, with a view to asking and addressing tricky questions about the politics of diplomacy today.  

Biography
Helen Drake is Director of the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance (IDIG) at Loughborough University London (situated on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park). Professor of French and European Studies and previously at Loughborough University’s East Midlands’ campus, Helen at IDIG teaches postgraduate students and is developing a collective research agenda linking different dimensions of diplomacy. From 2012-2018 Helen was Chair of UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) and between 2016-2019 conducted ESRC-funded research on Brexit in conjunction with the UK in a Changing Europe think tank. 
Email: h.p.drake@lboro.ac.uk
Twitter: @FrancoBrit

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