Following the resignation of Boris Johnson as head of the Conservative Party, the next prime minister of Britain should prepare for inheriting a protracted economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the current cost-of-living crisis, as well as a looming recession and the long-term economic degeneration activated by a hard Brexit. Brendan O’Leary, […]
National flags of China and Britain are seen in front of the UK pavilion in the World Expo Park in Shanghai, East China, April 23, 2010. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China and the United Kingdom are both major economies and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. China-UK relations not only concern the two countries […]
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Truss delivered a highly provocative speech at a recent London event during which she took aim at both Russia and China. The speech sought to frame global politics as a zero-sum ideological struggle. Truss also called for UK and NATO involvement in the Taiwan question. British foreign policy since Brexit […]
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, gestures as she tours alongside Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, chairman of Abu Dhabi's Executive Office, the Jubail Magrove Park in Abu Dhabi during an official visit to the United Arab Emirates on Feb 10, 2022. (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) DUBAI – Prince William, second in line […]
Shoppers, some wearing face coverings, cross Oxford Street in central London on Dec 4, 2021, as compulsory mask wearing in shops has been reintroduced in England as fears rise over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) The United Kingdom's post-Brexit foreign policy mission phrase, "Global Britain", invokes Britain as a buccaneering trading […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 3, 2021, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference in Wellington. (ROBERT KITCHIN / POOL / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand and Britain have agreed in principle the details of a historic Free Trade Agreement, which will see a boost of almost 1 billion […]
In this photo provided by US Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept 1, 2021. (CHIEF MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST AMANDA R GRAY / US NAVY VIA AP) PYONGYANG – The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's […]
The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. But the year is also the 50th anniversary of another important date for the People's Republic of China: taking up its seat at the United Nations in 1971. When Beijing's first UN representative, Huang Hua, took his place as […]