The Implications of Leave

By Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Before joining the Institute, he worked with the Danish Ministry of Defense, the United Nations in Iraq, and in the private financial sector. He is coeditor of Transatlantic Economic Challenges in an Era of Growing Multipolarity (2012), author of The Accelerating Decline in America's High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy (2007), coauthor of US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries (2009) and Transforming the European Economy (2004), and assisted with Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology (2006). His current research focuses on European economies and reform, immigration, foreign direct investment trends and estimations, pension systems, demographics, offshoring, and the impact of information technology.

On June 23, Brits head to the voting booths to decide whether they want Britain to remain a part of the European Union. The Cipher Brief spoke with Jacob Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who formerly worked with the Danish Ministry of Defense, about what would happen if Britain decides to leave the EU.

The Cipher Brief: If Britain votes to leave the EU, what will be the implications for national security and intelligence sharing?

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