Charles Grant
Charles Grant
Director
Areas of expertise
Britain’s relationship with the EU, the ‘future of Europe’ debate, European foreign and defence policy, and China's relations with the West.
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Channel 4 News: European leaders talk Trump's peace plan at meeting with Zelenskyy
08 December 2025
"I think this is a really dangerous moment for Europe", Charles Grant told Channel 4 News (from 3:07mins).
The Spectator Podcast: Brexit's back – and so is Truss
05 December 2025
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform joined Patrick Gibbons on the Spectator podcast to discuss the flurry of UK-European activity across Britain this week.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The instability of Macron’s France
19 November 2025
Charles Grant and Sophie Pedder discuss France and Macron's immediate problems.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The 2025 NATO summit
01 July 2025
Charles Grant and Luigi Scazzieri discuss the recent NATO summit of 25-26 June.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The geopolitics of the war in the Middle East
25 June 2025
Charles Grant and Gideon Rachman discuss the geopolitics of the war in the Middle East.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Will the UK-EU summit reset relations?
08 May 2025
Charles Grant and Sophia Gaston discuss the UK-EU summit.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Can Europe still rely on the United States?
11 March 2025
Charles Grant and Kori Schake discuss what America’s hostility to the rules-based international order means for transatlantic relations.
Spectator Podcast: How long will Starmer’s ‘war bounce’ last?
07 March 2025
Starmer has seen a modest bounce in popularity and he is making a good impression in Brussels, coming across as assured without grandstanding. He has also been leading on defence spending – could defence be the way in for Starmer to renegotiate a new position within the EU? Is Starmer having a good crisis? Katy Balls speaks to James Heale and Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
TVP World: Scenarios for Ukraine after suspension of US military aid
05 March 2025
Charles Grant, director of the CER, joined TVP World to answer questions about the current international situation in the wake of the Trump administration's announcement of suspending military aid to Ukraine.
Taking the Pulse: Is the transatlantic relationship at a breaking point?
Carnegie Endowment
20 February 2025
The transatlantic relationship is fracturing, but not so much between Europe and America as between competing visions of world order.