It’s hardly surprising that Theresa May’s first bilateral summit outside Europe was with India’s Narendra Modi. Like almost everything else May has done since taking office, the visit has been all about Brexit. Nor is it surprising that May flies back to London disappointed and chastened. It was painfully visible on her trip that post-Brexit Britain still hasn’t learned ...

  There’s a joke doing the rounds on Twitter: Brexit walks into a bar. “Why the long farce?” asks the barman. Unfortunately, it’s too close to the truth to be truly funny. Post-referendum Britain feels oddly different to the pre-plebisicite United Kingdom; less united, certainly, and also somewhat diminished as a kingdom. Less than five months after the surprise U.K. ...

  Adam Minter Nobody would ever mistake the Chinese Communist Party for a fleet-footed, democratic organization responsive to public opinion. But over the decades it’s shown a capacity to recognize when political winds are shifting and has been willing to accept outside advice and solutions. That’s changing under President Xi Jinping. China’s leadership has grown increasingly isolated and distant from ...