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U.K.: Farewell, Boris Johnson: Britain Will Not Miss Your Attempts To Play Trump

Lalatendu Das - June 12, 2023. Published in The Guardian

[Boris Johnson] cast Parliament’s privileges committee as the equivalent of Donald Trump’s 'federal injustice' department.

Saudi Arabia: US President Joe Biden Thinks Big on Historic Visit to Ireland

Lalatendu Das - April 14, 2023. Published in Arab News

Biden has been encouraged by the latest post-Brexit deal agreed in February between the UK and EU.

U.K.: The Guardian View on Joe Biden in Belfast: Securing the Good Friday Legacy

Lalatendu Das - April 12, 2023. Published in The Guardian

The American president cannot solve the current impasse single-handedly. But U.S. economic heft can help.

U.K.: Biden’s Clean Energy Brainwave Paves Britain’s Way to Post-Brexit Growth. Dare We Copy Him?

Lalatendu Das - January 26, 2023. Published in The Guardian

Where the U.S. leads in using state aid and subsidies, the EU is now following.

Malta: The Right Amount of Crazy

Lalatendu Das - July 23, 2022. Published in Times of Malta

Trump and Johnson operate in systems where to think you can get things done by resolve alone is a fantasy.

U.K.: Hillary Clinton Is Right: The Age of the Showman Leader Has Damaged Politics

Lalatendu Das - June 7, 2022. Published in The Guardian

The former U.S. secretary of state worries that it’s not enough to get things done. Candidates need to put on a brazen performance.

U.K.: Reckless, Trumpian Leadership Is Losing Johnson Allies. It Should Lose Him His Job

Lalatendu Das - February 4, 2022. Published in The Guardian

His increasingly reckless, and even Trumpian, response ... has now led to the resignation of Munira Mirza, No. 10’s policy chief.

Spain: The Not So ‘Special’ Relationship between Johnson and Biden

Robin Koerner - August 14, 2021. Published in El País

Ethiopia: The End of Globalization as We Know It

Lalatendu Das - July 3, 2021. Published in The Reporter

Country after country has witnessed a rebellion of the left-behind, from Brexit to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president to the French “yellow vest” protests.

Spain: Biden’s Deep Roots in Ireland Make Him a Loyal EU Ally

Stephen Routledge - June 22, 2021. Published in ABC

Biden makes no secret of his sympathies.

Egypt: New Alliances, New Democracies

Robin Koerner - June 18, 2021. Published in Al-Ahram

U.K.: The Guardian View on Hosting the G-7: to Biden, Britain Is Still Europe

Lalatendu Das - June 9, 2021. Published in The Guardian

Boris Johnson’s diplomatic priority should be repairing relations with the U.K.’s continental neighbors.

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