Britain

The Special Relationship Under Austerity

Increasing NATO's bang in a time of fewer bucks.

BY PHILIP HAMMOND | MAY 3, 2013

The Stories You Missed

What happened around the world while the world was watching Boston.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | APRIL 19, 2013

Thatcher's Foreign Policy 'Failure'

She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.

BY TOM BLANTON, SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | APRIL 9, 2013

The Iron Lady vs. The Iron Curtain

Photos of Margaret Thatcher from her days as one of the world’s foremost cold warriors.

APRIL 8, 2013

The Shadow of the Iron Lady

Why Margaret Thatcher still makes life difficult for Britain's Conservatives.

BY ALEX MASSIE | APRIL 8, 2013

The Euro Is Killing Europe

From Cyprus to Portugal, the common currency has been a disaster.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | MARCH 25, 2013

The Clown Prince Across the Water

Could Boris Johnson actually end up as Britain's prime minister?

BY ALEX MASSIE | MARCH 20, 2013

Pressed

The propaganda war in Kuwait.

BY PETER MAASS | MARCH 12, 2013

House of Cards Is a House of Cards

Why can't Americans do political intrigue like the Brits?

BY EMMA G. KELLER | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Scotch This Plan

Scotland’s decaying capital city shows why this country is not ready for independence.

BY RICHARD J. WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

What Richard III Can Teach Us Today

The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Can Shakespeare’s fallen tyrant help us set it to rights?

BY JOHN WATKINS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Cameron's Au Revoir

In threatening to pull Britain out of the EU, has the prime minister inadvertently opened Pandora's Box?

BY DENIS MACSHANE | JANUARY 28, 2013

Brexit Blackmail

Has David Cameron gone too far in threatening to pull Britain from the EU?

BY ALEX MASSIE | JANUARY 23, 2013

Eve of Disaster

Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.

BY CHARLES EMMERSON | JANUARY 4, 2013

The Nudgy State

How five governments are using behavioral economics to encourage citizens to do the right thing.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Global Linguistic Revolution

The world's fastest growing language is no language at all.

BY ROBERT MCCRUM | DECEMBER 31, 2012

Decline Is a Choice

The West has nothing to fear but fear itself.

BY HUBERT VÉDRINE | DECEMBER 10, 2012

We Were Pirates, Too

Why America was the China of the 19th century. 

BY CHARLES R. MORRIS | DECEMBER 5, 2012

What the Bloody Hell Is Wrong with You Americans?

Why you should be embarrassed by the fascination with Kate Middleton's womb.

BY ALEX MASSIE | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Cameron's Leap Off the Fiscal Cliff

Britain embraced austerity instead of following the advice of its own economic giants. What was David Cameron thinking?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 3, 2012

Can You Save Diplomacy From Itself?

Carne Ross's quixotic crusade to help emerging nations get their seat at the table.

BY CRISTINA ODONE | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Moscow-on-Thames

Britain's Conservatives are rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin's wealthy oligarchs.

BY MICHAEL WEISS | NOVEMBER 23, 2012

The World Is Not Enough

Why does the planet's No. 1 spy never go to the really dangerous places?

BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Stardust Across the Pond

Can Obama's magic rub off on David Cameron?

BY ALEX MASSIE | NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The Battle for Britain

Will David Cameron be the prime minister who lost the United Kingdom as we know it?

BY ALEX MASSIE | OCTOBER 22, 2012

A Nobel Union

Europe reacts to the EU's Nobel Prize win.

OCTOBER 12, 2012

The Big Bang Theory of Education

Authoritarian countries don't seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That's probably no accident.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Work More, Make More?

The case against long hours.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 2012

The Great Ballot Box Caper

How do you conduct an election when contending political forces don't agree on the rules? An unlikely study in compromise from Northern Ireland in 2005.

BY MICHAEL SCHARFF | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Everybody Loves Boris

A colorful year in the life of the ridiculous man who just might lead Britain one day.

AUGUST 9, 2012