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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Relations between the UK and the US haven’t always been that “special”.
As former director of the US Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, once put it, presidential travel should be treated as a ‘weapon’ to influence popular opinion.
The UK’s agonizing efforts to find a path out of the European Union is beginning to look a lot like a game or riddle with no solution – and certainly no winners.
Efforts to keep Trump’s itinerary as tight and cloistered as possible failed to avoid a classic diplomatic calamity.
The alignment of Independence Day and a presidential visit to Britain makes more sense than you might think.
Labour movements on both sides of the Atlantic have a rich history that’s worth rereading now.
Thanks to the US’s polarised politics, presidents beloved abroad are controversial at home.
There’s no middle ground when it comes to a president like this.
The ties between the US and UK have long been depicted in loving terms. But with these two in charge, it can only be a marriage of convenience from now on.
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.
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Professor of International Relations, University of Leeds
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Reader in Diplomacy and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Surrey
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Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in American History, University of St Andrews
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University Teacher in History, Loughborough University
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PhD Candidate, Modern History, University of Oxford
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University