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The empire’s formal structures may have been gutted, but its influence lives on.
Despite talking up her visit to the White House, the British PM has been remarkably quiet on the biggest issue of the moment.
It’s all smiles as two leaders meet for the first time, but it’ll take more than warm words to navigate the choppy waters ahead.
The UK has yet to properly grapple with its past complicity in prisoner abuses and torture.
To get Nelson Mandela released and save Namibia’s independence elections, Thatcher proposed a massive aid programme.
The decades-old dispute in the South Atlantic is the third rail of Argentine politics – and Mauricio Macri has blithely tripped over it.
The UK went into Libya with gusto – but ended up in a morass of mission creep and bad planning.
The decision to delay a major nuclear deal has ruffled feathers in Beijing. Is this a sign of the new PM’s approach to international relations?
As the world picks over the Iraq Inquiry’s final report, three fascinating character portraits have emerged.
The War on Terror-era programme of clandestine abductions and detentions wasn’t just an American initiative.
Uncertainty over aid and trade will accompany new power struggles between Britain and the Commonwealth.
Intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was a core part of the case for war. The Chilcot Report has examined how it came to be so distorted.
From faulty intelligence and inadequate oversight to disastrously poor planning, the Iraq War was a mess from the start.
Tony Blair insists to this day that his decision to go to war in Iraq was made in good faith. Does that make him any less culpable?
Membership of the EU guarantees Britain’s political power in Europe and beyond.
Barack Obama’s dour disappointment with Europe is far more powerful than his worries about a Brexit.
The US has been mounting semi-secret drone strikes in Yemen for years – and it seems the UK has been deeply involved.
With the theatrics of the Kirchner years finally over, Argentina and the Falklands can start to defrost their relationship.
British diplomats put their money on the wrong man after the Lancaster House agreement.
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Researcher, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Law, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations, The Open University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Westminster
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
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Research Associate, King's College London, King's College London
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Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
