The UK has voted to leave the European Union, but the strenuous exit process could take years. Brussels wants an immediate start to it, while London insists it is a new Prime Minister who will negotiate with the EU in October. London’s position doesn’t augur well with sullen Brussels, apparently annoyed by UK’s unprecedented decision to leave the …

    Catherine Putz SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS There are few topics bigger in the region than the question of China. EurasiaNet is running a five-part series addressing different aspects of Chinese engagement in Central Asia. Raffaello Pantucci tackles the overview, writing that “China’s rise in Central Asia marks one of the most consequential changes in regional geopolitics since the …

  When Margaret Thatcher visited the College of Europe in 1988, she joked that a British leader coming to address an elite college of European civil servants was like Genghis Khan being invited to a peace conference. But in what became known as the Bruges speech, Thatcher’s message was anything but hostile. Nobody, she said, can deny that Britons are …