List of Brexit articles
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A papier-mâché Theresa May is seen during a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 15. How Brexit Was Radicalized
Euroskepticism was once the purview of policy wonks. The Leave campaign changed all that, and in doing so may have undermined Britain’s Conservative Party for a generation.
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Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives at the Foreign Office on July 15, 2016 in London. There’s Nothing Behind Boris Johnson’s Clown Mask
A brief survey of the likely future U.K. prime minister’s very long—and very thin—resume.
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In Hyderabad, India, supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) join in a celebration rally on May 24. The World This Weekend
Theresa May steps down, Narendra Modi steps back up, and Sebastian Kurz cleans house.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on May 24. Theresa May’s Successor May Be Just as Doomed
Whoever takes over will face the same intractable Brexit dilemmas.
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A man reads a local newspaper on Oct. 24, 2001 in Andersontown in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Paramilitaries Are Surging Again in Northern Ireland
And it’s not because of Brexit.
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Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street on May 24, 2019 in London, England. Theresa May Broke Britain
Her legacy is a mangled party in a mangled Parliament in a badly mangled country.
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Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on May 24. Theresa May Stands Down
A transcript of the British prime minister’s resignation speech.
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Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump make their way to a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers on July 13, 2018 in Aylesbury, England. Brexit Is Killing the Special Relationship
Britain’s partnership with the United States always depended on its usefulness—and that’s starting to fall off a cliff.
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A dock worker unloads squid from the Falkland Islands in the harbor of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain, on April 16. ‘Global Britain’ Is a Pipe Dream
Taking back control sounded good in 2016. It won’t be so easy in the Trump era.
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Eiko Ojala illustration for Foreign Policy The Spies Who Came In From the Continent
How Brexit could spell the end of Britain’s famed advantage in intelligence.
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Prime Minister Theresa May at a plant machinery manufacturing firm on June 1, 2017 in Guisborough, United Kingdom. Britain Can’t Afford to Keep Talking About Brexit
The never-ending conversation about leaving the EU has stalled all other progress on economic policy.
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Pro-Brexit activist Joseph Afrane demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 20. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images) Brussels Bets a Delay Until Halloween Will Spook Britons into Staying
With support for Brexit eroding, EU leaders hope the long postponement will kill the plan for good.
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A pro-European Union demonstrator holds a placard bearing an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin in central London on June 11, 2018. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty) The Great Brexit Distraction
Attempts to blame Russia for the EU’s mess will only get in the way of addressing the union’s real problems.
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An EU flag with one of the stars symbolically cut out in front of the Houses of Parliament shortly after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced to the House of Commons that Article 50 had been triggered in London on March 29, 2017. (Oli Scharff/AFP/Getty Images) Brexit Will Never, Ever End
Even if Britain’s opposing parties agree on a plan to leave the EU, national unity will be nowhere in sight.
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Anti-Brexit activists demonstrate with a model of Theresa May outside the Houses of Parliament in London on April 1, 2019, as MPs debate alternative alternative options for Brexit Britain’s Crisis Isn’t Constitutional. It’s Political.
A Remain Parliament is confronting a Brexit electorate—and none of the solutions on offer is likely to resolve the stalemate anytime soon.
