Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit?Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience?In both cases, the winning side promised change and offered hope.

Alex Evans is a Senior Fellow at New York University¿s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), with nearly twenty years¿ experience in climate and development policy. He is currently on secondment to the Business Commission on Sustainable Development as its Research Director.
Alex has worked as Special Adviser to two UK Secretaries of State for International Development (Hilary Benn and Valerie Amos), as an expert on climate change in the UN Secretary-General¿s office, and with think tanks including Chatham House and the Brookings Institution. He has also worked as a consultant on futures and foreign policy for organizations from Oxfam to the US National Intelligence Council.
Alex lives in North Yorkshire and is married with two children.