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Jonathan Fenby
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2001
U.K. politics interferes with euro issue
LONDON -- It is a subject that most pragmatic politicians in Britain, including the prime minister and the front-runner for the leadership of the Conservative opposition, would prefer to ignore. Since the Tories were led toward electoral defeat in June by their obsession about Europe, the political establishment...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2001
Turning talk of free trade into policy
LONDON — Japan's trade sanctions joust with China is small beer in world terms — or even in the context of the overall commerce between the two nations. But it sounds a warning bell — all the more so since it is just one of a series of challenges to free and open trade that could throw into doubt...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2001
Europe confronts new reality
LONDON -- From the moment that George W. Bush won the U.S. presidency, Europeans sensed that they were entering an new era. After eight years of generally good understanding with his predecessor, Bill Clinton, they now faced a man whose world view would not necessarily be in tune with theirs. As the...
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2001
Blair's Labor looks set for the long haul
Britain's general election on June 7 is shaping up as the most important political event the country has seen since Margaret Thatcher began to change the way the country worked two decades ago.

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