Essay for the Thinktank The UK in a Changing EU about the implications of the CDU-leadership race for Brexit and the Anglo-German relationship. No matter which candidate succeeds in taking over from Merkel, be it Fridrich Merz, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer or Jens Spahn, it will not...
Essay for the opinion pages of Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. The Brexit negitiations are entering their decisive stage this fall. Even if the EU27 and the British Government overcome their considerable differences, the situation is complicated by the bitter divisions in the House of Commons....
Comment in The Times Red Box on Germany's position in the Brexit negotiations after the publication of Theresa May's Chequers proposal. Co-published with The UK in a Changing Europe....
On 22 June 2018, Helene gave a paper about Margaret Thatcher's European policy at the Britian and the World Conference held at the University of Exeter (UK). This was part of a panel Helene had organized about 'British Conservatism and the European Community.' The other...
Analysis of the 68th Königswinter Conference, convened in Oxford on 12-14 April 2018. Focus: the post-Brexit Anglo-German relationship. Participants: British and German stakeholders in politics, business, the press and civil society....
Helene has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (F.R.Hist.S.), in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship....
Comment in The Times Red Box on the use of historical analogies in the Brexit debate. Co-published with The UK in a Changing Europe....
Op-ed for History & Policy on the mutual misunderstanding between Germany and Britain regarding European integration....
Lecture at the Cabinet Office during their annual ‘History Week’. Whitehall, London, November 2016....
Interview with Spiegel Online on the day after the EU Referendum about the origins of British Euroscepticism....