Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: the West, its ideas and enemies
- 2 Islamist and Russian threats challenging the West
- 3 Malaise in the West
- 4 Turkey’s drift away from its Western moorings
- 5 The Brexit shock
- 6 The Trump tsunami
- 7 Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse? Can the Western system be reinvigorated?
- Select bibliography
- Index
5 - The Brexit shock
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: the West, its ideas and enemies
- 2 Islamist and Russian threats challenging the West
- 3 Malaise in the West
- 4 Turkey’s drift away from its Western moorings
- 5 The Brexit shock
- 6 The Trump tsunami
- 7 Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse? Can the Western system be reinvigorated?
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
The 2016 referendum favoring by a close margin British departure from the European Union (EU) was a shock to British politics and to the EU. But it also created uncertainties affecting transatlantic relations, international affairs and the future of the West more generally. This chapter deals with the shocking Brexit referendum by focusing on its expectations, surprises and consequences. While pollsters predicted a Remain" triumph
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- Transatlantic traumasHas illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse?, pp. 68 - 80Publisher: Manchester University PressFirst published in: 2025
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