Tom McTague
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Bloomberg / Getty The Coronavirus Is More Than Just a Health Crisis
National leaders are leaning on experts to help deal with the outbreak, but the really difficult decisions are not medical. They are political.
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Daniel Leal-Olivas / Getty Boris Johnson vs. British Officialdom
Tension between the prime minister and those tasked with enacting his program has revealed the clash of ideas over how to run a country.
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Toby Melville / Reuters The Unreality of the Next Stage of Brexit
London and Brussels have not accepted that the world has changed since Britain exited.
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The Atlantic Why America Radicalizes Brits
In its successes and failures, its wealth and dilapidation, the United States infects many of those who visit.
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Pool / Reuters Britain Has Changed Forever
Were the country to ever consider reentering the European Union, both it and the bloc would be fundamentally different.
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Pool / Reuters The Problem of Britain Taking Back Control
Is it possible for a midsize power living alongside a hegemon to reassert sovereignty without suffering a loss of prosperity?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Britain and America Have a China Problem
London’s and Washington’s differing assessments of Beijing’s rise point to deeper issues between the two countries.
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Getty Why Britain Brexited
For decades, the country has struggled with the challenge facing the modern nation-state: how to balance control and influence.
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Pool / Reuters Britain Could Be Canada
Ottawa’s ability to balance its interests and partners offers lessons for London.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Donald Trump Stumbles Into a Foreign-Policy Triumph
The president, however inadvertently, may be reminding the world of the reality of international relations.
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Matt Short / Barcroft Images via Getty Images The Hypocrisy of Harry and Meghan’s Decision
The couple have committed Britain’s greatest possible sin.
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Gareth Fuller / PA Images via Getty Boris Johnson’s Impossible Choice
For decades, British leaders have sought to balance ties with the United States and Europe. Qassem Soleimani’s killing illustrates why that is no longer viable.
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UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor / Handout via ... Get Ready for More Brexit Turbulence
Does Boris Johnson’s decisive election victory give him room to compromise on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union? Don’t hold your breath.
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Stefan Rousseau / WPA / Getty It’s Boris Johnson’s Britain Now
His impact in a short period of time has been revolutionary, and his resounding victory means he can remake the country.
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Peter Morrison / AP Northern Ireland Offers a Warning That Few Are Hearing
Brexit poses an existential dilemma for the region.
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters The Spiritual Disunity of the West
NATO is the physical embodiment of the idea of shared Western values. But a meeting in London highlighted how far apart its members now stand.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Man Who Figured Out Trump
Jens Stoltenberg will soon be NATO’s longest-serving leader in a generation. How has he done it?
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Illustration by Ricardo Santos* Britain’s Secret War With Russia
The poisoning of a double agent sparked an intelligence and PR battle between London and Moscow, the details of which are only now emerging.
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Alberto Pezzali / AP Boris Johnson’s Leadership Is Put to the Test
A terror attack in London carries parallels to one in 2017, and once again challenges a prime minister.
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Handout / Reuters Boris Johnson Bets on a Strategy Theresa May Ignored
The prime minister and the opposition took entirely different lessons from Britain’s 2017 election. Both are testing their conclusions to destruction.
