This report from the U.K. House of Commons expresses confidence in the government's regulatory ability over the oil drilling sector, while conceding that some proposed expansions in regulation should be adopted in light of the B.P. spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Max Boot says defense cuts will leave the United Kingdom unable to support its current deployment in Afghanistan.

In this report published by the London-based think tank Demos Samuel Jones explores the motivations and avenues for state involvement in cultural and sporting activities.

United Kingdom's foreign secretary,William Hague, discusses the urgency of an international climate deal in which all countries accept responsibility for climate change, enforce a more robust framework for high growth and low carbon economic models, and ensure a new sustainable pathway to prosperity and security.

United Kingdom's foreign secretary,William Hague, discusses the urgency of an international climate deal in which all countries accept responsibility for climate change, enforce a more robust framework for high growth and low carbon economic models, and ensure a new sustainable pathway to prosperity and security.

U.S. President Obama and British Prime Minister Cameron share the predicament of leading an unpopular war in Afghanistan at a time of swelling debt, says CFR's Charles Kupchan, who adds that the economic crisis has linked Britain and the continent more closely.

Charles A. Kupchan argues that the United States has partners beside the United Kingdom with whom to foster transatlantic cooperation.

Walter Russell Mead discusses changes in Europe that may give Britain new opportunities to expand its influence.

Martin Wolf reviews Gordon Brown's economic legacy. Brown's underlying mistake was to put too much trust in the orthodoxies of contemporary economists and financiers.

Britain's coalition government has an ambitious agenda that includes strong transatlantic and European ties, says expert Fred Kempe. But success will depend on how well the government manages British finances and its massive debt.

If the Conservatives emerge from the British elections as the governing party, their skepticism toward European integration could weaken the bloc and its potential as a U.S. partner, writes CFR's Charles Kupchan.

A troubled economy and competing interests mean Britain's general elections tomorrow could create a "hinge moment" in the U.S.-UK relationship, says Robin Niblett of Chatham House.

The global standing of the UK is likely to decline in coming years as developments beyond Britain's shores wrest more and more influence on the island nation, writes Philip Stephens.

The provisional Irish Republican Army, or IRA, is an outgrowth of an older group known as the Irish Republican Army, which fought an insurgency that successfully challenged British rule in the whole of Ireland in the early years of the twentieth century.

Bruce Anderson says David Cameron's Tories will have to eventually "renegotiate" Britain's relations with the European Union.