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Ted Bromund

22 articles 2014–2017

Ted Bromund is a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation specializing in Anglo-American relations and international affairs. He contributed regularly to The Weekly Standard between 2014 and 2017, covering British politics extensively, including Conservative Party dynamics, Brexit, and UK electoral developments. His writing also addressed broader foreign policy topics including the Iran nuclear deal and international law.

Who Could Possibly Have Expected This Anti-Semitism in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party?

April 29, 2016 · anti-Semitism, Ted R. Bromund, Labour Party

Utterly, totally unexpected developments are occurring in Britain's Labour Party, which is led by Jeremy Corbyn, a man who once described Osama bin Laden's death as "an assassination attempt, and . . . yet another tragedy, upon a tragedy, upon a tragedy." It turns out—and certainly, no one could…

For Earth Day, Barack and David Recycle Some Cliches

April 25, 2016 · Ted R. Bromund, Blog

In the quarter-center I’ve spent studying British relations with Europe, I have never seen, or read, a performance that recapitulated as many cliches as President Obama's press conference with Prime Minister Cameron on Friday. I suppose I should be grateful: in future, I won't have to spend months…

The Lady Wants to Fly

November 9, 2015 · Ted R. Bromund, Boeing, Magazine

In the Second World War, flying in a Boeing B-17—the iconic Flying Fortress—was dangerous beyond belief. Of the 12,731 bombers produced between 1937 and 1945, 4,754 were lost or written off in the course of operations, a loss rate of 37 percent. Ten Americans, the B-17’s standard crew, risked death…

The Arms Trade Treaty and the Paradoxes of Transparency

August 24, 2015 · Ted R. Bromund, Blog, Arms

The first Conference of States Parties (CSP) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opens today in Cancun. Evidently, treaty signatories believe a seaside resort is a suitable location to discuss the international arms trade. Perhaps they’re right. This treaty is so ridiculous, so silly—in a word, so…

Up from the Ashes

November 24, 2014 · Bomber, Ted R. Bromund, Magazine

Willow Run Airport, Mich.

In Britain, Conservatives Face Defeat in ‘Crisis’ By-Election

November 19, 2014 · Ted R. Bromund, Blog

On Thursday, English voters in the constituency of Rochester and Strood, in the country of Kent south-east of London, are likely to return Mark Reckless to Parliament as the UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) second MP. When Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron promised a month ago to throw…

Growing Pains

May 26, 2014 · Conservatives, Features, David Cameron

Lewes, Sussex

Of Mullahs and Lawyers

February 24, 2014 · EU, Ted R. Bromund, Magazine

In a recently leaked private phone call, an EU foreign policy official, Helga Schmid, grumbled to the EU’s ambassador to Kiev that it was “very annoying” that the United States had criticized the EU for being “too soft” to impose sanctions on Ukraine. Criticism may be annoying, but EU softness is a…