US-UK Special Relationship Isn’t So Special

For more than a century, the UK has enjoyed a central role in the US’s relationship with Europe. Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland this week will show how far London has fallen down Washington’s agenda.

The American president heads to Belfast today on a trip that’s part historical mile marker — it’s been a quarter century since the US helped broker the landmark Good Friday peace agreement for Northern Ireland — and part ancestral heritage tour before Biden’s expected announcement that he’ll run for reelection next year.