“Omnishambles”—that wonderful British neologism first coined in theBBCpolitical satire The Thick of It—is the best way to describe the current British political situation. Pretty much all British…
TheEuropean Unionhas always struggled to accommodate the democratic politics of its members. The problem became serious in 1999, with the creation of a currency union without an accompanying…
As the forces of ISIS are gradually defeated and its tactics change, violent extremism and its consequences remain a major threat to international peace, and therefore the need for a nuanced…
Alistair Burt was appointed Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for International Development on 13 June…
[caption id="attachment_55257132" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Theresa May, U.K.'s prime minister, gestures as she delivers a speech in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Friday, July 20, 2018. (Getty…
[caption id="attachment_55257003" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A model of Theresa May and Boris Johnson and other Conservative MP's is displayed as anti-Brexit and anti-austerity activists take…
[caption id="attachment_55255664" align="aligncenter" width="5184"] British conservative party member of parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg poses as he delivers a petition against the provision of foreign…
[caption id="attachment_55255646" align="aligncenter" width="5616"] A latrine project led and financed by Oxfam for displaced Haitians. (Getty)[/caption]
by Joseph Braude
On February ninth, a…
[caption id="attachment_55254878" align="aligncenter" width="4491"] Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks behind flags of Europe as she arrives on the second day of a summit of European Union …
Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it
Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two
French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert