Elena Ananieva

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Head of Department at Institute of Europe Russian academy of sciences

The 2016 referendum did not bring a decisive advantage to either supporters (Bremainers) or opponents (Brexiters) of Britain’s membership in the European Union, which led to their acute confrontation and a prolonged political crisis in the United Kingdom. The aim of the study is to determine the impact and consequences of the struggle of rival forc...

The edited monograph of Russian scholars is devoted to the political and economic changes in the UK in 2022 due to the sharp intensification of the confrontation between the West and Russia in the international arena, the global energy crisis. The authors analyze the strategy of «anglobalization», the peculiarities of the country’s foreign economic...

The article is dedicated to major findings of Russian scholars on a broad range of topics in the field of British studies. The works selected are mainly focused on the analysis of political, security and socio-economic models of development and trends in the UK from 1991 to 2021. The topics, which were most elaborated in the 1990s, related to the p...

The collective study presents the results of an endevour of a team of historians, political scientists, economists of the Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences), with participation of specialists from some other research centres. The goal of this research is to explore in a comprehensive way the events unfolding in Europe after the Russi...

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine once again requires revisiting the course of events on the Maidan in 2013-2014. The facts allow not only to reproduce the sequence of actions of the opposing parties, but also to establish the true causes and consequences of what happened, the foreign actors and the background of the Ukrainian crisis -...

In a collective monograph authors explore problems of European social and political life connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2022. Issues of civil society, system of higher education and religious institutes are examined. Chapters of the book touch upon internal political situation in the majority of European countries and regions such as...

The Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences, IE RAS) presents a new issue of the annual edition «European analytics». The collection contains materials, reflecting the academic vision of IE RAS on a number of important political and socio-economic developments in the Old World, on different aspects of internal and foreign policy of Europea...

The unsatisfactory state of Russian-UK relations should be considered not so much in a bilateral format as in the context of global change in the balance of power. It is necessary to take into account not only the factor of Britain's exit from the EU and Britain's search for its place in the world, but also the traditions and principles of the Unit...

The new UK national security strategy review (March 2021) has an integrated character, for the first time uniting the spheres of defense, security, development and foreign policy in one concept. This paper explores the evolution of the Johnson government approaches to the content of the strategy and its implementation in the context of post-Brexit...

Since November, the highest echelons of the Conservative Party have been involved in a series of scandals – violation of the rules of lobbying, anti–covid measures, donor contributions to the party treasury – which also affected PM Boris Johnson. The ratings of the ruling party and the head of the Cabinet began to decline rapidly, and the authority...

Prime Minister T. May has put forward the concept of "Global Britain". After the United Kingdom had left the EU, the concept was formalized under the government of Boris Johnson in the document “Integrated Review of Security, Defense, Development and Foreign Policy "Global Britain in a Competitive Age"”. The article presents an analysis of its goal...

The edited book by Russian scholars and UK experts focuses on the political and economic developments Britain faces following the end of the post-Brexit transition period. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, B. Johnson’s Conservative government was confronted with many challenges, from trying to put together an adequate anti-crisis do...

The Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences, IE RAS) presents a new issue of the annual edition «European analytics». The collection contains materials of IE RAS researches, dedicated to acute issues of contemporary European political and socio-economic processes, the role of the Old Continent in international relations, major shifts in de...

At the end of November the UK-EU talks were still in progress and in the absence of a deal the perspectives of short-term relations were labelled “provisional application” of interim agreements. The analysis of public opinion in times of COVID-19 pandemic reveals less attention to Brexit and a leaning to its soft alternative while believing exiting...

The UK EU membership referendum (2016) brought a confused result not giving the Brexiteers or the Bremainers decisive preponderance. This led to sharp divisions in the society at large, and a prolonged political crisis in Britain. Bremainers as early as at the stage of the pre-referendum campaign accused Brexiteers of being under the influence of R...

The Internal Market Bill of the UK government is meant to secure flawless motion of goods and services between all parts of Britain in the wake of Brexit, to prevent competition and trade barriers between the regions, including Northern Ireland. The bill caused the threat of Tory backbenchers rebellion and harsh criticism by 5 former UK PM of both...

After the Labour Party lost the December 2019 general election – the fourth in a row its leader J. Corbin stepped down. Keir Starmer succeeded him in early April. This article examines the influence of the party leadership election rules on its outcome and the reasons of Keir Starmer’s success. The analysis of his carrier and political programme as...

Коллективная монография посвящена политическим и эко- номическим изменениям в Великобритании в преддверии и по- сле досрочных выборов в Соединённом Королевстве в декабре 2019 г. Первый год премьерства Б. Джонсона ознаменован не только такими судьбоносными для Соединённого Королевства событиями, как Соглашение о выходе из ЕС в январе 2020 г. и завер...

Due to the majority electoral system the Conservative party has won the UK snap elections on December 12, 2019 with a landslide victory since the Bremainers’ vote was divided. The opposition in parliament is incapable to resist the undertakings of PM B. Johnson’s government. Among its top priorities are passing the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, B...

The returns of the by-election in Wales to the UK parliament boosting the Libdems dealt a huge blow to the new PM: Boris Johnson is left just a one-seat working majority with the support of DUP. The Labour party came fourth after the «Brexit» party. The parliamentary arithmetics are fateful for the UK minority government. Early elections seem immin...

The UK did not leave the EU on March 29, 2019. The EU granted Britain a second delay until 31 October 2019 under the condition of holding elections to the European Parliament. Since the Tory party might suffer a heavy defeat the government will try to push the Brexit deal through parliament before 22 May to avoid EU elections.

The UK parliament defeated the government motion on 14th February 2019. Still the PM resumed talks with Brussels on the backstop on the brexiteer Brady amendment adopted on January, 29. Tensions in the leading parties grew into a split in both of them. New groups, parties and movements are created as the British public is divided on Brexit and deep...

Having acknowledged that the EU UK Withdrawal Agreement had no chances to pass through parliament Th. May postponed the «meaningful vote» until the last minute (January 14-21, 2019). The vote of confidence won by the Tory leader did not boost her authority. Even members of her own government are considering various plans for future moves on Brexit....

Intra- and interparty struggles in the UK over Brexit somewhat overshadowed the public opinion until the People’s Vote march in London (20 October 2018). Opinion polls show that the UK public is divided on the Brexit strategy and the political elite is distrusted.

Resignations of political heavyweights in Theresa May’s government in protest against the PM’s Chequers compromise on negotiations with the EU as well as the visit of US President D. Trump to the UK somewhat overshadowed the fighting in Westminster. The near deadlock in parliament could trigger the fall of government, a second UK EU referendum, a s...

UK-Russia relations are going through a new phase of deterioration. The article analyses the position of key political figures of the British Cabinet as participants of the anti-Russian multifaceted campaign aimed at supporting the Tory government inside the country and in its Brexit negotiations with Brussels. Another goal is to establish Britain...

Behind the canvas of the «Russian spy poisoning» case that had triggered a new crisis in Russia-West relations there appears a plethora of aspects and goals: short- and longterm, domestic and foreign policy ones – of the UK, US and the West. One of the aspects is related to the Trident modernization programme and the rise in UK defence spending, an...

In the 1960s after the collapse of the colonial empire, the European direction became more important for Britain than relations with overseas territories. For Britain membership in the EEC and subsequently in the EU was a forced measure for the lack of an alternative. Britain gained a strong position in the integration group, but became “an inconve...

Having called a snap general election, the UK PM Theresa May counted on strengthening the position of the ruling party domestically and securing a sound rear for the Conservative government in negotiations with Brussels on Brexit. The election in June brought unexpected results due to the volatile public opinion. The fortunes of the Tories and T. M...

The author analyses the political divisions concerning the UK's EU referendum and the volatile British public opinion on the matter. She concludes that the situation will remains uncertain up to the referendum. Cameron will be calling the British public to stay in the EU, arguing that he got concessions from Brussels and pointing out that USA see G...

The talks between Great Britain and the European Union on revised conditions of the UK membership have been completed. Officially they started when David Cameron sent a letter to the President of the European Council setting out the areas where he was seeking reforms. He also made his position public at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of Interna...

UK Labour Party elected Jeremy Corbin as its leader. The author explores whether the party stays united, what policies it follows, what are its electoral prospects? The Labour Party will have to choose between ideological purity and prevailing attitudes. © 2016 Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.