Britain

Invite the Taliban to the Afghanistan Conference

Why excluding the insurgency won't work.

BY FABRICE POTHIER | JANUARY 27, 2010

Obama's Indecent Interval

Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.

BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON | DECEMBER 10, 2009

Summer Reading of Our Discontent

Global escapism is flourishing in the Great Recession.

BY LIESL SCHILLINGER | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

The Final Expense

Burying a family member might also bury you.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

A Bright Shining Slogan

How "hearts and minds" came to be.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Bildt to Last?

He's the diplomat Europe loves to hate. And he's only got five months left.

BY CAMERON ABADI | JULY 30, 2009

America's National Embarrassment

Why is the rest of the world so much better at signing up the vote?

BY WENDY WEISER, MARGARET CHEN | JULY 29, 2009

Gordon's Last Stand

Britain's prime minister is on his last legs.

BY ALAN SKED | MARCH 17, 2009

Epiphanies: Tony Blair

"I entered politics because I realized I was not going to play for Newcastle United and I was never going to be Mick Jagger."

JANUARY 5, 2009

Epiphanies: Chris Patten

JUNE 11, 2007

New Kid on the Block

BY JAMES G. FORSYTH | AUGUST 8, 2006

Union Jacked

BY DAVID GOODHART | APRIL 25, 2006

The Next Big Things

In January 2005, hardly anyone had heard of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Cindy Sheehan. Now, he's the president of Iran, and she's U.S. President George W. Bush's loudest critic. Who will catapult into the public consciousness this year? FP picks four to watch.

JANUARY 4, 2006

Spies Like Us

BY JAMES FORSYTH | JANUARY 4, 2006

The King of England

BY FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO | AUGUST 30, 2005

It's Lonely at the Top

BY STEVEN KULL | JULY 1, 2005

Caught in the Net: eBay

JANUARY 5, 2005

Dual Britannia

BY TIM HAMES | JULY 1, 2004

A Sticky History Lesson

BY WALTER RUSSELL MEAD | MARCH 1, 2004

Politics as a Spectator Sport

BY JAMES G. FORSYTH | JANUARY 1, 2004

Tony Blair Needs a Hug

BY PETER RIDDELL | NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Divine Intervention

JULY 1, 2003

A Red Card for England?

BY ANDREI S. MARKOVITS | JULY 1, 2003

A Rustproof Iron Lady

BY TIMOTHY CONGDON | JANUARY 1, 2003

Britain's Mercenary Motives

NOVEMBER 1, 2002

Equal Opportunity Cricket

BY JACK WILLIAMS | SEPTEMBER 1, 2002

The Postmodern Man's Burden

BY HUGO YOUNG | JULY 1, 2002

Britain's Lonely Left

BY JOHN LLOYD | SEPTEMBER 1, 2001

Cruel Britannia

BY JOHN FRY | MAY 1, 2001