Dependent on the ‘kindness of strangers’: Britain’s post-Brexit border reality
The UK wants to “take back control” of its borders – but is now finding out the reality of what this means
Britain in Europe
A country under the influence: Russian interference in British politics
The UK’s ostensible new “ethical foreign policy” stands up to little scrutiny – not least as the government’s preferred form of Brexit limits chances it will ever enact such a policy.
Putting China in its place: Britain prepares to sack Huawei
Whatever good reasons the British government may have to reverse its position on Huawei, the key factor has been a rebellion on its backbenches and a mood of righteous indignation about the behaviour of Xi Jinping’s China
Britain’s role in the world after Brexit – and the pandemic
Covid-19 has made the task confronting the Integrated Review (IR) to reconceive Britain’s role in the world after Brexit – doubly difficult. Now, it is not only Britain which faces a major historical rupture, but quite possibly the world itself.
Those Brexit negotiations: The descent to hell
Britain can step back from the brink of Brexit trade catastrophe – but only if Boris Johnson gives the say-so
The EU can emerge stronger from the pandemic if Merkel seizes the moment
One member state has become a dictatorship as others spiral into debt. Germany must lead the European Union through the coronavirus crisis
The big squeeze: British foreign policy after Brexit
For Britain, a close security relationship with the EU will be impossible to establish without a close political and economic relationship too.
Coronavirus: Britain on the brink
Britain’s Brexiteer government may be relearning the value of expertise – if only slowly.
The end of the EU’s Brexit bounce
After years of watching the United Kingdom muddle through a political crisis while enjoying an unprecedented level of unity among themselves, Europeans now must prepare for darker days
Britain sets sail – into the dark
The odds that the UK and the EU will reach full, or even much, agreement within the breakneck timetable imposed by London do not look good