I've just come across Gwydion M. Williams perceptive article on the British Empire and the fifty-years struggle to save Britain's global hegemony.

His analysis of British foreign policy in the first half of the twentieth century strikes me as very much to the point and I commend his essay for our readers' attention.

You may also wish to check out his essay on Britspeak. Ah, perfidious Albion. John Bull does indeed speak with a forked tongue. Likewise Uncle Sam.