Hard 'Brexit'. An elitist response to an awkward relationship_[Masters Module European Governance] (original) (raw)

This essay examines what really matters on Brexit. In so doing, it claims that Brexit is a matter of strategic decision-making, triggered by uncontrollable global forces. These global forces, through interdependence, are expressed through systemic imperatives that push a region to change, adapt or transform itself. That further entails that strategic shifts comprise the ‘privilegium of the cognoscenti’. The British strategic options expand through the centuries and form a distinct path-dependence that produces certain ‘lock-ins’. The latter makes any strategic shift an uncontrollable and very expensive choice. Thus, acknowledging the importance, if not the imperative of this path-dependence, the essay concludes that Hard Brexit is the only choice that British elite can make and the Franco-German axel recognizes and understands. To prove the above hypothesis, the student supports the literature of political economy and of geopolitical studies. Specifically, in the first chapter the student answers to the question why Brexit now? What caused it? In the second chapter, it develops the understanding and the rationale behind Hard Brexit. It examines briefly the Europe’s old ‘lock-ins’. Subsequently, in chapter three, he discusses the Elite’s (British and Continental) decisive move forward. Finally, the essay concludes with final remarks and claims about Hard Brexit.

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