For now, Britain is hoping that the special relationship with Washington—and a few early white flags—will be enough to shield ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a difficult balancing act as he tries to strengthen NATO deterrence while ...

Speculation grew in the preceding weeks over exactly how deep a fiscal mess Britain’s chancellor had got herself into.

British diplomacy will focus increasingly on building ties with international business to help drive economic growth at home, ...

Instead, OTS focuses on “soft geopolitics” and aims to connect a diverse gropu of nations, from Europe (Hungary and Turkey) to the Caucasus and Central Asia—each with diverse political systems and ...

The British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin spoke of this (privately) as a “sprat” to catch the American “mackerel”. But there wasn’t much need for a bait once Stalin blockaded West Berlin. In April ...

It was inevitable that this moment would come. All regional orders and empires have a use-by date, as the Romans, Ottomans, British and Soviets discovered. Another example is the Concert of Europe, ...

Britons may choose to forget covid-19, but it has not forgotten them. The British state is suffering from a form of long covid. Pick a chart of public-service performance and, most likely ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday India and New Zealand have restarted free trade talks a decade after negotiations fell apart, as Prime Minister ...

Oil around $70/barrel are heavily influenced by geopolitical factors and supply shifts. Sanctions on Russia and Iran have had fluctuating impacts on oil supply. Oversupply estimates have been ...

referencing the fall of Singapore in World War Two when policymakers realised the British Empire would not come to Australia’s rescue. US President Donald Trump’s second administration is up ...

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