Tom McTague
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Stegan Rousseau / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic The Tears of a Clown
Boris Johnson’s unseriousness may have finally caught up to him.
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Disney How Encanto Explains America
All is not lost; the future is not set.
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Charles McQuillan / Getty The Party’s Over
Boris Johnson, Britain’s “minister of chaos,” may be forced from office for—what else?—partying on the job.
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Robbie Lawrence How Britain Falls Apart
A road trip through the ancient past and shaky future of the (dis)United Kingdom
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Micha Theiner / VISUM / Redux What Is the Point of Boris Johnson?
Two years after his historic general-election win, the most radical British prime minister since Margaret Thatcher is scandal-plagued, unpopular, and adrift.
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Charles McQuillan / Getty An Unlikely Threat to the Western Alliance
A worsening crisis in Northern Ireland carries far greater costs than simply domestic political fallout.
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Clemens Bilan / Pool / Getty The Leaderless World
The American president seems to want to make decisions in the U.S.’s selfish strategic interest, but without the consequences that come with doing so.
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Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Britain’s Distasteful Soccer Sellout
The sale of Newcastle United to Saudi Arabia is emblematic of something far more fundamental and depressing about the state of Britain.
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Matt Dunham / AP Is Boris Johnson a Liar?
And if he is, why don’t his supporters seem to care?
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The Atlantic Why Britain and France Hate Each Other
The two countries are more similar than is often acknowledged.
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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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