Britain’s impending departure from the European Union on Jan. 31 is merely, as Winston Churchill might have said, the end of the beginning. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will herald Brexit as the moment the nation recovers its sovereignty. The truth, however, is far messier. The ultimate terms and costs …

For more than a week earlier this month, Northern Ireland was rocked by riots in pro-British unionist communities, with frequent outbursts of violence in areas bordering on pro-Irish nationalist neighborhoods. Thankfully, no one was killed, but almost 90 police officers were injured in efforts to quell the unrest and keep …

The two main political parties in Northern Ireland announced a deal last month to restore the region’s power-sharing government, which had ceased to function three years ago. Within 24 hours of the announcement of the deal on Jan. 10, which was brokered by the British and Irish governments, Northern Ireland’s …

Over the past four years, as the United Kingdom has wrestled with the consequences of its narrow vote to leave the European Union, there has been little to no broader foreign policy debate in the country. Instead, Britons seem to have become caught between three temperaments. There are the catastrophists, …

Earlier this month, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, delivered a speech in Parliament setting out measures to ensure that British businesses do not profit from what he called the “industrial scale” forced labor of minority Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. However, Raab’s remarks made no mention of …

In mid-March, the British government released its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, titled, “Global Britain in a Competitive Age.” This was followed a week later by a more focused defense review. The two documents represent the end products of an exercise conducted by the government every …

Greenpeace Afrique dénonce les entreprises et les grandes enseignes européennes qui pillent les eaux poissonneuses d’Afrique de l’Ouest pour nourrir les saumons d’élevage ou améliorer le taux en protéines de la nourriture pour chiens et chats. Généralement soucieux de développement durable et de commerce équitable, les consommateurs européens le savent-ils …

Mort d’Idriss Déby, sommet de Paris… Entretien avec le professeur de gouvernance publique et économiste bissau-guinéen depuis Le Cap. Le sommet sur le financement des économies africaines présidé par Emmanuel Macron est-il une réussite ? Carlos Lopes : Il a permis trois gains tangibles. Un : l’ouverture du débat – …

Déjà déclaré mort à cinq reprises entre 2009 et 2016, Abubakar Shekau aurait été tué le 19 mai dans son fief de la forêt de Sambisa, dans le nord-est du Nigeria. Cette fois, l’information semble cependant crédible. En ce soir du 19 mai, une colonne de combattants de l’État islamique …

L’hospitalisation du leader du mouvement indépendantiste sahraoui à Logroño a déclenché une crise diplomatique majeure entre Madrid et Rabat. Le départ de Brahim Ghali d’Espagne pour l’Algérie, annoncé le 1er juin dans la foulée de l’audition du chef du Polisario par un juge espagnol, a été confirmé par Algérie Presse …