Brexit

Without the U.K.'s contributions, the bloc will have to make do with less, setting the stage for squabbles over spending.

In this episode of Stratfor's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Stratfor analysts Fred Burton and Adriano Bosoni discuss the United Kingdom's upcoming exit from the European Union on Jan. 31, and the likely complex trade negotiations between Brussels and London that will follow.

An electoral victory has cleared the way for Boris Johnson to finally 'make Brexit happen' on Jan. 31. But tense EU-U.K. trade negotiations next year will likely still keep the prospect of a no-deal exit alive.

Three-and-a-half years after they voted to leave the EU, Britons will head to general elections for polls that might finally bring an end to the U.K.'s Brexit saga.

The full spectrum of options -- including possibly no Brexit at all -- remains possible when the U.K.'s voters head to the polls in mid-December.

London and Brussels have finally hammered out a deal to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Now, however, comes the hard part: getting the House of Commons to sign on.

In what will probably be the last chance to reach an exit agreement before Brexit day on Oct. 31, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with the rest of the leaders of the European Union in a summit in Brussels on Oct. 17.

The British prime minister has made his administration's first official Brexit proposal to Brussels, hoping to make a deal or at least position himself better for general elections. 

The British Supreme Court declared the prime minister's suspension of Parliament unlawful. The ruling, however, doesn't necessarily change the timetable on Brexit.