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.

A compilation of resources on the impact of the global financial crisis on Britain.

A conversation with Alistair Darling, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the current state of the global economy, protectionism and the G-20 summit.

Watch Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for a British perspective on the global economy in light of the financial crisis.

Listen to Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for a British perspective on the global economy in light of the financial crisis.

Unlike the world's leaders at the last G20 meeting, President Obama has not turned his rhetoric loose against protectionism. In this Forbes.com article, Jagdish Bhagwati writes that Prime Minister Gordon Brown must ask the president to passionately defend trade and openness.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown explains how new institutions with new values will govern his country's banking system.

Watch Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for business, enterprise, and regulatory reform for the United Kingdom, discuss the upcoming G20 Summit and the need for countries to work together to avoid protectionism amidst the global financial crisis.

Listen to Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for business, enterprise, and regulatory reform for the United Kingdom, discuss the upcoming G20 Summit and the need for countries to work together to avoid protectionism amidst the global financial crisis.

James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia theory, which describes Earth as a self-regulating planet, has a stark view of the future of humanity.

This module features teaching notes by Walter Russell Mead, author of God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World, along with other resources to supplement the text. In his book, Mr. Mead recounts how the British and their American heirs built an unrivaled global system of politics, power, investment, and trade over the past three hundred years.

Munchen argues that the Bank of England's move to cut the interest rate to 3 percent is unlikely to help prevent the UK's impending economic slump because "channels through which monetary policy affects the real economy are still clogged."

Economist Paul Krugman asserts that, under Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership, the UK moved more swiftly and decisively than the U.S. in response to the financial crisis.

With financial firestorms erupting left and right in Europe, the global credit crisis takes a new dimension. Analysts say it might be time for coordinated interest rate cuts.

In a meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations, the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, shares his views on Western opportunity, and rising world powers.