John Hume, a Nobel Peace laureate and giant of Irish politics, died on Monday, leaving behind a towering legacy. The longtime leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), ...
LONDON — As the days tick away to the end of the post-Brexit transition period in December it’s all starting to feel very 2019. The U.K. government is preparing for the ...
Peter Geoghegan is investigations editor at openDemocracy and the author of “Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics” (August 2020, Head of Zeus). LONDON — Scandals about money in ...
LONDON — The U.K. has “poisoned the atmosphere” of its relations with China and is putting the post-Brexit vision of “Global Britain” at risk by “decoupling” from Beijing, the Chinese ...
LONDON — The Brexit drama’s second season is following a familiar script. As the fifth round of talks came to a close Thursday, both sides admitted they were still a ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The Trump administration closes the Chinese consulate in Houston, the U.K. government strengthens its rhetoric on abuses in Xinjiang, and floods in ...
Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins his U.K. visit, the European Union agrees on a €1.82 trillion recovery and budget package, and Saudi ...
The U.K. won’t be in a position to need another national lockdown, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson likened a nationwide shutdown to a “nuclear deterrent,” telling the Sunday ...
Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: The European Council meets today in Brussels to discuss an EU budget and rescue package, Britain accuses Russia of hacking coronavirus research data, and ...
Boris Johnson’s government announced Tuesday that it would block the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from Britain’s next-generation cellular 5G network. A review by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) had ...
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