
Only in Europe Can Britain Be Great
With just days remaining before the referendum on European Union membership, two anxieties are colliding: the fear of job losses if Britain leaves and the fear of high immigration if it remains. News headlines reflect a country that is not at ease with itself, trapped between what a former American secretary of state, Dean Acheson, once described as an imperial past it finds hard to relinquish and a future role it is reluctant to embrace.
Acheson argued that Britain’s paths to influence in the world, including its special relationship with the United States, were “played out.” Just one avenue remained: positive engagement with Europe.… Seguir leyendo »