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Philip Stephens

Philip Stephens is author of These Divided Isles (Faber, August 2025), a Senior Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, and a Contributing Editor at the Financial Times.

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Seventy Years on: The Fateful Legacy of Suez

Philip Stephens

Britain still mistakes nostalgia for strategy, France built a counterweight, and America keeps overestimating its military power.

A man in a suit stands between American and European flags, symbolising political differences.

Let’s Admit It. Americans Are Not Like Us

Philip Stephens

The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests.