List of Britain articles
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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during a G-7 foreign ministers' summit in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 12, 2021. Liz Truss Is Ready to Flex London’s Muscles Abroad
Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.
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Boris Johnson drives a digger through a fake wall during a general election campaign event at JCB construction company on Dec. 10, 2019 in Uttoxeter, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson’s Fall Gives Brexit a Chance to Succeed
Rather than kowtow to the anti-EU right, the next Conservative leader should return to Theresa May’s pragmatic vision of Brexit—or risk electoral obliteration in 2024.
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Johnson and Zelensky in Kyiv Will British Security Policy Take a New Turn After Boris Johnson?
London is Europe’s defense heavyweight and Ukraine’s stalwart supporter. For now, that’s the consensus.
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Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace speaks to the media during a visit at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta, Romania, on Apr. 8. Can Military Tories Save Britain’s Conservative Party?
The U.K. would be wise to turn to them for their defense experience and serious policy expertise—not out of hope for a military messiah.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses members of the Scottish Parliament. The Scots Question
As the government in Edinburgh plans another independence referendum, does language have a role to play?
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An empty inflatable boat after migrants were rescued by the Abeille Languedoc—an ocean-going tugboat—following a failed crossing of the English Channel from France to Britain on May 9. Britain’s Rwanda Deportation Policy Is a Cruel, Expensive Failure
Boris Johnson’s offshoring of asylum-seekers won’t stop the human smuggling trade—or deter people fleeing tyranny who are intent on reaching Britain.
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An engraving depicts King Alfred the Great of England dividing his kingdom into counties and instituting tithes as a form of taxation. Is Brexit a Swamp Creature From 10,000 Years Ago?
Ian Morris’s latest pop history looks for the roots of British particularism.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Russia’s War Has Created a Power Vacuum in Europe
Moscow’s war and Berlin’s morally bankrupt response to it leave Europe without a leader.
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A large white mansion is shown behind a security gate. Can London Cleanse Itself of Dirty Russian Money?
Bill Browder on why the U.K.’s new Economic Crime Bill isn’t enough to kick out Russian oligarchs.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits during a media briefing. Is the Party Over for Boris?
A spate of high-profile resignations at Downing Street underscores the British prime minister’s perilous position.
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Russian President-Vladimir Putin shakes hands with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as outgoing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stands nearby during a ceremony inaugurating Vladimir Putin as the new Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2018. Europe Must Shed Its Illusions About Russia
Only if Britain, France, and Germany abandon their post-Cold War fantasies will the West stand a chance of stopping Putin.
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Then-Brexit negotiator David Frost leaves EU headquarters. Renegotiation Isn’t Disaster in Northern Ireland
A new deal can be worked out that keeps peace and trade intact.
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Boris Johnson poses next to Clifford's Tower in York, England, on May 23, 2016. From ‘Partygate’ to a Possible Leadership Challenge for Boris Johnson
The British prime minister’s shining political star seems to be dimming—and with it, perhaps, Conservative prospects.
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An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women, and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel on July 22. The Channel Is Now a Charnel House
When at least 27 migrants, mostly Kurds, drowned last month, it was the culmination of a century-long Anglo-French tragedy.
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A message is projected onto a cooling tower. After COP26, Scottish Independence Can’t Be Fueled by Oil
The economic case against leaving the United Kingdom is stronger than ever.
