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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Navalny's sentence will influence the Russian economy
Valdai Club
19 July 2013
Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger was released from custody on Friday. Member of the Valdai discussion club Charles Grant discusses the new turn in the matter.
What will be the consequences of the conviction and verdict on Alexei Navalny for the Russian political system?
I think the main consequences...
What will be the consequences of the conviction and verdict on Alexei Navalny for the Russian political system?
I think the main consequences...
Video interview on 'How the EU's legitimacy has suffered since the euro crisis'
12 June 2013
Charles Grant discusses how the euro crisis has hit the EU's legitimacy.
Video interview on 'How to improve legitimacy by involving national parliaments in the EU'
12 June 2013
Charles Grant discusses how part of the answer to improve EU legitimacy is to give national parliamentarians a bigger role in the EU.
How to reduce the EU's democratic deficit
The Guardian
10 June 2013
The European Union has long suffered from a lack of legitimacy, but the euro crisis has worsened the problem. There is no silver bullet that can suddenly make the EU respected, admired or even popular among many Europeans.
Britain could reshape Europe if it would only try
Financial Times
14 May 2013
Is there any point in Britain staying in the EU if it is outside the euro? No, according to increasing numbers of British eurosceptics and European federalists.
Thatcher's legacy to Europe
World Economic Forum ForumBlog
12 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher became a totem for Britain's eurosceptics. And it is true that in her final years in office – and even more after she left it – she became virulently eurosceptic.
Is David Cameron Margaret Thatcher’s heir on Europe?
Carnegie Europe
09 April 2013
Not at all. David Cameron sees the EU very differently to Margaret Thatcher. For a start, when Thatcher was prime minister she was strongly opposed to referendums on the EU.
Video interview analysing David Cameron's EU speech
24 January 2013
Stifling progress in Russia and China
The New York Times
24 December 2012
Russia and China seem very different sorts of countries. One is a pseudo-democracy with an economy dependent on natural-resource exports; the other is a one-party state and the world’s manufacturing superpower. But both suffer from unbalanced economies — and powerful vested interests that are trying to block the reforms that...
Meerderheid Britten wil uit de EU
Knack
21 November 2012
Aan de vooravond van alweer een belangrijke Europese topbijeenkomst is Charles Grant in Brussel. De directeur van het Britse Centre for European Reform heeft het bijzonder druk dezer dagen.