What does Britain do when it leaves the EU? What will happen to the pattern of world interests?

At present, most of the explanations for Britain's withdrawal from the EU focus on both reality and tradition. In reality, most British people, including those who have stayed in Europe, believe that EU policies hinder the exercise of British sovereignty and harm Britain's economic interests. For example, the unified financial legislation of the European Union is not conducive to the development of London's financial industry. The EU's immigration policy has overwhelmed Britain's social security system, and Britain's financial contribution to the EU far exceeds the subsidies it receives from the EU. In a word, Britain's withdrawal from the EU is to fully recover British sovereignty and protect British interests. Traditionally, since modern times, Britain has been pursuing the policy of "glorious isolation", and at the same time, it is wary of and contains any mainland forces that are expected to unify Europe. Isolationism is an important experience for Britain to achieve modern glory, so Britain's withdrawal from the EU is actually a return to tradition.

Both of these explanations have some truth, but the power conflict and financial contradiction between Britain and the European Union did not appear today, and it is not even the problem of Britain alone. Britain's isolationist tradition has always existed, but why has it been upgraded to a referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in recent years? The author believes that Britain's withdrawal from the EU today is related to the long-standing pragmatic tradition of the British, the contradiction between the development path of Britain and Europe since the 1980s, and the changes in British politics after the 2008 financial crisis.

Objectively speaking, the success of Britain's exit from the EU means that the global political structure will undergo major changes, and the West needs to rethink its own political, economic and security systems. The biggest beneficiary is Russia, whose influence in Europe will be greatly enhanced and its position in the world will also rise. The second biggest beneficiary is China, and China will become the real second largest economy. However, in the short term, China's trade with Europe will be negatively affected and the transaction cost will rise.

Some analysts believe that Britain's departure from the EU will shake the global financial market in a short time, causing investors to sell risky assets such as stocks and turn to safe national debt. This may lead to further decline of the pound against other currencies, and even lead to global financial collapse.

This is not the first time that Britain has held a referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU. 1975, Britain held a referendum to decide whether to leave the European Union. At that time, the final result was that 67% of voters supported Britain to stay in the EU.