Even in the decades after it lost its empire, Britain strode the world like a pocket superpower. Its economic strength and cultural heft, its nuclear-backed military might, its extraordinary ...
But much of the British disaster was incomprehensible, rather than inevitable. Royal Air Force pilots, cocky from their victory over the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, found themselves outmatched ...
This Groundhog Day called Brexit shows no sign of going away as votes are taken and retaken, and deadlines are set and created while both sides lack all conviction and leadership is Britain is at its ...
Michael Wesley is a member of the board of the Australia-China Council, the AFP Commissioner’s Advisory Board, and the NSW/ACT State Advisory Council for CEDA. This piece is republished with ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: In Britain’s case, defeat has multiple sires, from overconfidence to racism. Those Americans who would sneer at the Limeys should be mindful that the same reasons ...