Economics Question

Students should choose one of the devolved regions and write a 2-3-page assessment of it views
Brexit and what the prospects are of it breaking away from the rest of the UK in the next 10
years.
Watch the recording of a Center for European and Transatlantic Studies’ panel discussion on
“Brexit and the (Dis)United Kingdom,” recorded 18 May 2021.
 Dr. Megan Dee, University of Stirling
 Dr. David Phinnemore, Queens University Belfast
 Dr. Richard Wyn Jones, Cardiff University
 Andrew Staunton, Consul General, British Consulate in Atlanta
 Moderated by Dr. Alasdair Young, Georgia Institute of Technology
Resources (these will get you started, but you will want some more recent assessments)
Northern Ireland
 “Northern Ireland’s unhappy centenary,” The Economist, 17 April, 2021.
 Foster, P. and Noonan, L. (2021), “Brexit ignites the debate about a united Ireland,”
Financial Times, 6 April.
Scotland
 “Brexit has reinvigorated Scottish nationalism,” The Economist, 17 April 2021.
 Giles, C. and Dickie, M. (2021), “Independent Scotland would face a large hole in its public
finances,” Financial Times, 2 April.
Wales
 “Welsh nationalism is stirring,” The Economist, 17 April 2021.
 Bounds, A. (2021), “Wales finds greater belief in self-government amid pandemic response,”
Financial Times, 5 April 2021.