Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London. He has authored seven books including Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit (2023) co-written with George Hoare, Lee Jones and Peter Ramsay. He has taught international relations at the university level for 14 years. He contributes regularly to public debate on questions of national politics and international order and can be found @thephilippics on X.