Today we talk about the 5-year anniversary of Brexit! In this episode, we will discuss how the Brexit campaign was heavily funded by Russian dark money, why Brexit even happened, and the importance of a United Europe in the face of an erratic Donald Trump.

Our guests for today’s Episode are:

Roos Fransen is a Dutch researcher focusing on European and International Law at the University of Vienna. Her work spans a broad range, including the work of the European Union.

Luke Cooper is an academic at the LSE and a co-host of the Another Europe podcast. His latest book, Authoritarian Contagion; the Global Threat to Democracy, situated the politics of Brexit and Trump in the global resurgence of far right nationalism.

Misha Glenny is the Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, one of Austria’s leading advanced research institutes. A long-time BBC Central Europe Correspondent, he covered the revolutions in Eastern Europe and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Misha is a sought-after speaker on the geo-politics of cyber security and organised crime