The July 2023 NATO summit in Lithuania saw movement toward expanding the alliance.
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NATO gets the headlines, but the Five Eyes alliance is another close connection between key Western powers, and it may expand.
‘I don’t drink coffee, I take tea’ – the quintessential Englishman in, well, D.C.
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The UK leader’s visit to the US comes amid trouble at home, with low ratings for his Conservative Party. But don’t expect much joy for Sunak on trade or Northern Ireland.
Scranton Joe meets Buckingham Chaz.
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No US president has ever attended a British royal coronation – but history shows that they signal intent by whom they choose to go in their stead.
Reagan emphasised the special relationship between the US and the UK.
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Reagan was the first US president to address the UK parliament. What he said still carries weight for Anglo-American relations decades on.
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The image of a post-Brexit Britain with a strong international presence is being lost to the so-called special relationship.
Boris Johnson and Joe Biden signed a New Atlantic Charter, an echo of the Roosevelt-Churchill meeting 80 years earlier.
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Eighty years after Churchill and Roosevelt established the Atlantic Charter, Biden and Johnson have pressed the ‘reset’ button.
In Mumbai, India, an artist puts the finishing touches to paintings of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.
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A round-up of expert analysis from across the world on Biden’s win.
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Like a lot of relationships at the moment, this one is being negotiated over video.
Now let’s do a deal.
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What Boris Johnson’s victory means for US-UK relations.
Finally, the handshake.
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The US president, Donald Trump, has arrived in the UK for a summit of NATO leaders – but it’s awkward timing for the British prime minister, Boris Johnson.
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Tensions in the Gulf are a stark reminder of the choices ahead for the UK on security cooperation after Brexit.
Kim Darroch: not in Trump’s good books.
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The leak of US dipomatic cables by Wikileaks revealed some equally frank assessments of British politicians.
Welcome to London, Mr Trump.
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Relations between the UK and the US haven’t always been that “special”.
Taking a tough stance.
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America’s objectives for a trade agreement with Britain spell out a stark Brexit future.
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Efforts to keep Trump’s itinerary as tight and cloistered as possible failed to avoid a classic diplomatic calamity.
Not as awkward as it looks.
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The alignment of Independence Day and a presidential visit to Britain makes more sense than you might think.
Grounded?
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Twin reports from a UK Parliament committee go further than ever in condemning Britain’s complicity in the worst of the War on Terror.
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It’s quite possible that neither the US nor the UK will ever return to normal when it comes to political and constitutional balance.
Troubled waters ahead.
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Much of the debate around trade deals misses some of the fundamentals of what they actually are and involve.
Trade dealer in chief.
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President-elect Donald Trump has offered the UK a quick post-Brexit trade deal but he’ll face some legal hurdles to make it happen.