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Lecture posted March 29, 2012 by Daniel Hannan Down the Road to Serfdom: Warnings from a British Friend
Abstract: The United States was born out of a popular revolt against a distant and autocratic government, and its model has always been based around the maximum decentralization and democratization of power. Now that model is being abandoned. The policies currently being pursued amount…
Issue Brief posted March 8, 2012 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. At Obama–Cameron Summit, U.S. and Britain Should Take Action to Rebuild Alliance
On March 13–14, British Prime Minister David Cameron will make an official visit to the United States complete with a state dinner, reciprocating the state visit by President Barack Obama to Britain in May 2011. It comes in advance of NATO and G-8 summits; in the midst of crises in…
Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Special Report posted February 22, 2012 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. The U.K. Governing Coalition: The Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stake in Britain’s Success
Abstract: In May 2010, the U.K. general election resulted in a hung Parliament from which emerged a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition with Conservative leader David Cameron as Prime Minister. The experiment was widely justified by the evident need to cope with the economic crisis and,…
Issue Brief posted February 16, 2012 by Luke Coffey The Obama–Cameron Summit Must Advance U.S.–U.K. Defense Cooperation
President Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on March 13–14. The official visit will be dominated by the eurozone crisis, developments in Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, and Afghanistan. For the U.K., the Falkland Islands will also be an important agenda item. In addition, this…
WebMemo posted February 8, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ray Walser, Ph.D. Falkland Islands: United States Should Back Great Britain
In a blatant show of disdain for the Anglo–American Special Relationship, the Obama Administration has weighed in on the mounting tensions between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Just two days after Prime Minister David Cameron issued a robust statement in the House of Commons in mid-January vowing…
WebMemo posted June 9, 2011 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. President Obama Should Side with Britain over the Falkland Islands
President Obama was effusive in his praise for the Special Relationship when he visited London in May, but his Administration continues to slap Britain in the face over the highly sensitive Falkland Islands sovereignty issue by aligning itself with Argentina’s call for U.N.-brokered talks on the future of the islands.…
Special Report posted June 6, 2011 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. Problems in British Foreign Policy
Abstract It may take years before the results of NATO’s military operations against Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime can finally be judged, but the issues raised by the crisis are of immediate importance. …
WebMemo posted May 20, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. What President Obama Should Tell Prime Minister Cameron About Britain’s Defense Cuts
During his state visit to the United Kingdom on May 24–26, President Barack Obama should speak clearly to Prime Minister David Cameron about the serious damage that the latest round of British defense cuts is doing to Britain’s armed forces. The Special Relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain rests…
WebMemo posted May 20, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. What President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron Should Do to Preserve the Anglo–American Special Relationship
During his state visit to the United Kingdom on May 24–26, President Barack Obama should reaffirm the vital importance of the Special Relationship.[1] This affirmation should go beyond words and address the tensions in the Anglo–American alliance that have built up during the President’s first two years in…

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Special Report posted June 6, 2011 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. Problems in British Foreign Policy
Abstract It may take years before the results of NATO’s military operations against Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime can finally be judged, but the issues raised by the crisis are of immediate importance. …
Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Lecture posted March 29, 2012 by Daniel Hannan Down the Road to Serfdom: Warnings from a British Friend
Abstract: The United States was born out of a popular revolt against a distant and autocratic government, and its model has always been based around the maximum decentralization and democratization of power. Now that model is being abandoned. The policies currently being pursued amount…
WebMemo posted October 26, 2010 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D., J.D. Foster, Ph.D. The U.K. Budget Cuts: Lessons for the United States
British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne unveiled a series of major austerity cuts on October 20 aimed at eliminating Britain’s structural budget deficit by 2015, which currently stands at 11.4 percent of GDP.[1] The Conservative-led coalition government in London plans to cut a total of £81 billion…
Special Report posted February 22, 2012 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. The U.K. Governing Coalition: The Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stake in Britain’s Success
Abstract: In May 2010, the U.K. general election resulted in a hung Parliament from which emerged a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition with Conservative leader David Cameron as Prime Minister. The experiment was widely justified by the evident need to cope with the economic crisis and,…
Special Report posted January 10, 2011 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. Britain's Coalition Government: A Preliminary Verdict
Abstract Britain and the United States face similar budgetary problems. Deficits in both countries are unsustainably high. So is public spending. Action is being taken in Britain, but in the U.S., there is continuing pressure either to take no serious…
WebMemo posted April 19, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D., Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. Libya Mission Demonstrates That British Defense Cuts Must Be Reversed
Britain’s Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR), released in October 2010, has already led to significant cuts in the size and capabilities of Britain’s armed forces, with more reductions in the years to come. These reductions came on top of those made by the previous Labour government and failed to…
WebMemo posted June 9, 2011 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. President Obama Should Side with Britain over the Falkland Islands
President Obama was effusive in his praise for the Special Relationship when he visited London in May, but his Administration continues to slap Britain in the face over the highly sensitive Falkland Islands sovereignty issue by aligning itself with Argentina’s call for U.N.-brokered talks on the future of the islands.…
Issue Brief posted February 16, 2012 by Luke Coffey The Obama–Cameron Summit Must Advance U.S.–U.K. Defense Cooperation
President Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on March 13–14. The official visit will be dominated by the eurozone crisis, developments in Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, and Afghanistan. For the U.K., the Falkland Islands will also be an important agenda item. In addition, this…
Backgrounder posted May 19, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Preserving the Special Relationship: A Conservative Agenda for President Obama’s State Visit to Great Britain
Abstract: The summit meeting in May between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron comes at an important moment in the Special Relationship between the United States and Great Britain. The two powers lead NATO, which has again proved that it is the only European and Atlantic institution…

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Issue Brief posted March 8, 2012 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. At Obama–Cameron Summit, U.S. and Britain Should Take Action to Rebuild Alliance
On March 13–14, British Prime Minister David Cameron will make an official visit to the United States complete with a state dinner, reciprocating the state visit by President Barack Obama to Britain in May 2011. It comes in advance of NATO and G-8 summits; in the midst of crises in…
Issue Brief posted March 1, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Five Conservative Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy on Europe
The Obama Administration has attached little importance to the transatlantic alliance, and Europe has barely figured in its foreign policy. The Administration’s highly touted “pivot to Asia” is simply a belated admission that it has less interest in Europe than any post–1945 U.S. Administration. While Europe is the home of…
Special Report posted February 22, 2012 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. The U.K. Governing Coalition: The Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stake in Britain’s Success
Abstract: In May 2010, the U.K. general election resulted in a hung Parliament from which emerged a Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition with Conservative leader David Cameron as Prime Minister. The experiment was widely justified by the evident need to cope with the economic crisis and,…
Issue Brief posted February 16, 2012 by Luke Coffey The Obama–Cameron Summit Must Advance U.S.–U.K. Defense Cooperation
President Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on March 13–14. The official visit will be dominated by the eurozone crisis, developments in Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, and Afghanistan. For the U.K., the Falkland Islands will also be an important agenda item. In addition, this…
WebMemo posted February 8, 2012 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., Ray Walser, Ph.D. Falkland Islands: United States Should Back Great Britain
In a blatant show of disdain for the Anglo–American Special Relationship, the Obama Administration has weighed in on the mounting tensions between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Just two days after Prime Minister David Cameron issued a robust statement in the House of Commons in mid-January vowing…
WebMemo posted June 9, 2011 by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. President Obama Should Side with Britain over the Falkland Islands
President Obama was effusive in his praise for the Special Relationship when he visited London in May, but his Administration continues to slap Britain in the face over the highly sensitive Falkland Islands sovereignty issue by aligning itself with Argentina’s call for U.N.-brokered talks on the future of the islands.…
Special Report posted June 6, 2011 by Robin Harris, D. Phil. Problems in British Foreign Policy
Abstract It may take years before the results of NATO’s military operations against Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime can finally be judged, but the issues raised by the crisis are of immediate importance. …
WebMemo posted May 20, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. What President Obama Should Tell Prime Minister Cameron About Britain’s Defense Cuts
During his state visit to the United Kingdom on May 24–26, President Barack Obama should speak clearly to Prime Minister David Cameron about the serious damage that the latest round of British defense cuts is doing to Britain’s armed forces. The Special Relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain rests…
WebMemo posted May 20, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. What President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron Should Do to Preserve the Anglo–American Special Relationship
During his state visit to the United Kingdom on May 24–26, President Barack Obama should reaffirm the vital importance of the Special Relationship.[1] This affirmation should go beyond words and address the tensions in the Anglo–American alliance that have built up during the President’s first two years in…
Backgrounder posted May 19, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Preserving the Special Relationship: A Conservative Agenda for President Obama’s State Visit to Great Britain
Abstract: The summit meeting in May between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron comes at an important moment in the Special Relationship between the United States and Great Britain. The two powers lead NATO, which has again proved that it is the only European and Atlantic institution…