Tom McTague
He is a co-author of Betting the House: The Inside Story of the 2017 Election, and is working on a new book about the history of Britain’s euroskeptic revolution called Conquest: The Fracturing of Britain.
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John J. Custer Britain’s Unbridgeable Divide
Britain has taken back control but has yet to exercise much of it.
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Where Russia’s Declinist Rage Isn’t Enough
An ex-Soviet state’s national myths—as well as the forces of nationalism, economics, culture, and religion—all pull it away from Moscow. Can Russia really compete?
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic Boris Johnson Has Only Delayed the Inevitable
The prime minister’s political life once appeared to be a sweeping epic. Despite surviving a no-confidence motion, it risks being more of a tragic novella.
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Didier Vandenbosch ‘It’s Extremely Important That We Don’t Forget the Brutality’
NATO’s efforts to help Ukraine are not simply about military strength but about character, the alliance’s leader indicated.
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Ben Hickey The Ugly Truth About the Beautiful Game
Globalization, commercialization, and competition killed the romance of soccer—creating the best competition in the world in the process.
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Andrew McConnell / Panos / Redux Europe’s Ireland Problem Is Here to Stay
Brexit created a problem that cannot be solved, only managed. Both Britain and the European Union are responsible for what happens now.
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Simon Dawson / No. 10 Downing Street / … ‘We’re Not Going to Make That Mistake Again’
Britain’s foreign secretary says in an interview that she wants to expand NATO’s remit, and strengthen the G7.
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The Atlantic The Truth About Irish Unity
The knottiness of Northern Ireland is by design. Remaining stuck is the only way the place works.
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Lewis Joly / AP Emmanuel Macron’s Win Offers Him a Chance to Be Great
Part of the problem with assessing contemporary leaders is the tendency to compare them not with real-life predecessors but with simplified myths.
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic A Macron Victory Isn’t Enough
The French president may well win reelection, but the forces propelling the far right are nevertheless strengthening.
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Stefan Boness / VISUM / Redux Why Boris Johnson Gets Away With It
The political reality is that a crisis caused by someone else in a faraway country may have saved Britain’s prime minister from a crisis caused by himself at home.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The West’s World War II Moment
The principal strategic threat to the Western world has shifted, creating a whole new set of problems.
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Getty / The Atlantic Biden Can’t Paper Over the West’s Disunity
The U.S. and Europe tout a revitalized alliance, but the president’s visit to Brussels masks deeper disagreements.
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Takuro Yabe / Pool / AFP; Getty Putin Needs an Off-Ramp
The question for world leaders is how to ensure the Russian president is defeated while nevertheless providing him with a route out of the crisis.
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Getty / The Atlantic For the West, the Worst Is Yet to Come
Perhaps the Ukraine crisis has saved the West from its pettiness and division. But the bigger picture is far more depressing.
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Guillaume Herbaut / Agence VU' / Redux What Volodymyr Zelensky’s Courage Says About the West
The Ukrainian leader’s refusal to back down is as inspiring as it is illuminating.
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Getty; The Atlantic Bury the Old World Order
The old ways of dealing with Russia no longer apply.
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The Atlantic How Much Will the West Sacrifice for Ukraine?
The Western world will have to prove that it has not become all of the things Vladimir Putin has long believed it to be.
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Allison Joyce / AFP / Getty Putin Has Made America Great Again
The Ukraine crisis has revealed that the U.S. can’t shed its “big brother” image on the world stage.
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The Atlantic Vladimir Putin Is a Product of Modernity
Why the tension in Ukraine may feel deceptively regressive
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