The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.

The first thing to say about laissez-faire liberalism is that it arose in Europe, specifically in Western Christendom. This ...

Knowledge of the past is essential but comparisons between the leaders and events of different eras have their limits ...

Movements favoring Greek independence manifested in several countries of Europe, while significant philhellenic centers were ...

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost ...

British media are reporting rumours King Charles may extend an invitation to the United States to join the group of former ...

Britain has probably been the only country in history to regard import tariffs as a moral issue. For Victorians, “free trade” ...

Russian-British historian Sergey Radchenko talks to Al Jazeera about Moscow’s desire for status on the world stage.

So Europeans who recall that America has often been complicit in Europe’s strategic emasculation (starting with Franklin Roosevelt’s “friendly” push to take over from the British Empire ...