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Review of International Studies – The podcastEditor's Selection: Theory/Ideology with Benjamin MartillCreating conversations across articles, identifying linkages, bringing together articles that speak to similar topics is the purpose of our editor's selections. In this episode, Dr Benjamin Martill, one of the members of our editorial team, talks to Dr Seb Kaempf about those RIS articles that for him speak to the relationship between theory and ideology. Ben's selection can be found here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/special-collections/editors-selection-by-benjamin-martill
2025-05-2732 min
Global Conversations, from ScotlandUK-EU foreign policy post-BrexitIn this episode, the SCGA's John Edward speaks with Dr Benjamin Martill, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh.We consider his research into the UK's relationship with the growing EU foreign and defence policy, how both sides responded to the protracted process of the UK's EU withdrawal, and the prospects for incremental development in the future We conclude with a look at how the landscape is changing once again with the invasion of Ukraine, its application for EU membership, and wider implications for the EU from NATO expansion.
2023-11-0333 min
The ExternalFactional politics behind the UK's evolving foreign policyCan changes to British foreign policy be understood as an outcome of factional politics that divided the Conservative Party during the Brexit negotiations?
In Episode 5, the External is joined by Benjamin Martill, who argues that the defeat of Teresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement brought to power a pro-Brexit faction with a distinct foreign policy worldview and incentives to demonstrate a cleaner break from the European Union. We discuss the key insights from his recent article in the Journal of European Public Policy, "Withdrawal symptoms: party factions, political change and British foreign policy post-Brexit."
2023-11-0328 min
Talking EuropeBrexit and Beyond: what futures for European Citizens?Benjamin Martill (Dahrendorf Fellow, LSE)discussed the new book, 'Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe' - co-edited with Uta Staiger of the UCL European Institute - at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 28 February 2018.
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2021-04-0755 min
LSE PodcastsLSE Festival 2019 | A Populist Wave? Unity and Division Among Europe's New Parties [Audio]Speaker(s): Dr Alexandru Filip, Professor Sara Hobolt, Dr Benjamin Martill | The recent wave of populist parties and politicians throughout Europe and the world has been portrayed as a monolithic phenomenon that transcends national borders. On the right and on the left, populists have been portrayed as polarising forces that reinforce existing divisions in society and pull each side further from the centre. But is this the case? This event explores two counterintuitive arguments about Europe’s populist parties. First, that populist parties may find more in common with traditional parties in their home countries than with their counterparts in ot...
2019-02-2659 min