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Samuel Corum / Bloomberg / Getty Joe Biden’s New World Order
The United States has allied with Britain and Australia to form a new anti-China grouping.
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Dan Kitwood / AFP / Getty Europe Should Drop the Act on Afghanistan
The region is stuck believing in a past that never was and a future it doesn’t have the will to bring about.
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Leon Neal / WPA Pool / Getty The Wreckage Donald Trump Left Behind
The G7 summit was stuck in time, between the era of Trump and the future.
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Ben Shmulevitch The ‘Global Britain’ Conundrum
Both London and Washington hope to build democratic alliances. Yet can—and should—they lead them?
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Nadav Kander The Minister of Chaos
Boris Johnson knows exactly what he’s doing.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic How America Ruined Soccer
Plans to form a breakaway tournament highlight a political moment.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Pandemic Disaster That Might Not Matter
Britain’s COVID-19 death toll has risen above 100,000. But, if it is successful, the country’s vaccine drive may leave a more lasting memory.
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Getty / The Atlantic Joe Biden Has a Europe Problem
The new president has a daunting list of foreign-policy challenges. Among the biggest will be managing a longtime ally.
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Nanna Heitmann / Magnum Will Someone Take Charge?
Fatherhood coupled with pandemic restrictions reminded me that security is not just about personal safety from violence or terrorism.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Is This How Greatness Ends?
Some of the American mystique has gone, even if the raw power remains. That is what makes the scenes in Washington not simply pathetic, but important too.
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Mary Turner / Panos Pictures / Redux Britain Failed. Again.
The country has gone into lockdown once more. The current set of restrictions has more troubling reasons than the last.
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Jim Wileman / Guardian / eyevine / Redux Why Britain’s Brexit Mayhem Was Worth It
The country appeared willing to throw away a huge chunk of trade over a minor industry. But national life has to be about more than simple calculations of GDP.
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Terry Fincher / Express / Getty John le Carré Knew England’s Secrets
He revealed more about the country’s ruling class than any political writer of his era.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Britain’s Vaccine Nationalism
The country has bet that, outside the EU, it can better regulate its economy to become more competitive.
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John Downing / Getty / Pete Souza / … Why Political Leaders Are Never to Blame
Barack Obama and Margaret Thatcher are prophets who came to embody their countries’ stories and, crucially, changed those stories.
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Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty / The … Europe Can’t Blame Donald Trump Anymore
The question for the Continent’s leaders now is whether they can agree on what they are collectively for, not just what they are against.
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Adam Maida Joe Biden Won’t Fix America’s Relationships
Serious questions about America’s role in the world will not go away just because Donald Trump was defeated.
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Getty / The Atlantic The President Confirms the World’s Fears
Trump railed baselessly against fraud and laid claim to an election whose result remains in doubt.
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Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Britain Is Holding Its Breath
The results of the U.S. election will pose existential questions in London.
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Rohan Hande How ‘America First’ Became America Alone
In his desperation to restore and showcase American strength, Donald Trump has made the country weaker.
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