This week's Global Research News Hour features a discussion on the recent decision of UK residents to pull out of the European Union. This discussion took place on July 13, 2016 at the Millennium Library in Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Panelists addressed questions of what the Brexit decision means not only for the UK but for the EU and international politics broadly.
Professor Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, and co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group.
Alan Freeman is a transplanted Brit and was a principal economist with the Greater London Authority from 2000 to 2011. He is now retired and lives in Winnipeg where he is co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group.
Professor Henry Heller is a professor of history at the University of Manitoba. He is author of the book, "The Transformations of Higher Education in the United States, 1945-2016."
John Ryan is a retired Professor of Geography and Senior Scholar of Geography at the University of Winnipeg. He is also a long-time socialist.