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Will Brexit Enflame One of the World’s Most Fraught Borders?

A new book outlines why the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is becoming one of the most controversial as Britain leaves the E.U.

Elena Souris

Economics

What Would a ‘Hard Brexit’ Mean for the United States?

If the British fail to negotiate a soft exit from the E.U. American car manufacturers, drugmakers, and banks could all suffer.

Elham Mafi-Kreft

Border Communities Against Brexit protesters pose as customs officers at a rally along the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom on March 30th, 2019, in Newry, Ireland.

Viewfinder: Mock Customs Officers at Anti-Brexit Protest

Protesters pose as customs officers at a rally along the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom in Ireland.

Pacific Standard Staff

The remains of a railway bridge between the villages of Blacklion in the Republic of Ireland and Belcoo in Northern Ireland can be seen on February 22nd, 2019, in Belcoo, Northern Ireland. The bridge was blown up by the British army in the 1970s during the Troubles. Along the winding 499 kilometers of the Irish border are vestiges of a harder boundary: derelict customs houses, "dragon's teeth" bollards and two-toned tarmac. These relics evoke a time when movement between the countries was less free, and underscore what is at stake as the U.K. negotiates its exit from the E.U. Both parties have vowed to avoid a physical border, but, as the Brexit deadline approaches on March 29th, a final agreement has so far eluded them.

Residents Fear the Return of an Ireland–U.K. Border (in Photos)

Questions remain over what will happen at the border after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Kelley Czajka

A pro-Brexit activist (left) addresses an anti-Brexit activist (center) as both sides demonstrate outside of the Houses of Parliament in London on January 29th, 2019.

Ideas

How Austerity, and a Cowardly Ruling Class, Brought About Brexit

Brexit Britain is an object lesson in how a modern nation fails.

Laurie Penny

Viewfinder: Protesters Gather Outside the Houses of Parliament During Tuesday’s Brexit Amendment Vote

Pro-European Union and pro-Brexit protesters discuss the vote and ongoing political processes as they demonstrate near the Houses of Parliament on January 29th, 2019, in London, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man takes a photograph of Seated Figure, 1961, an oil painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon, as part of the Queer British Art 1861-1967 exhibition at the Tate Britain in London on April 3rd, 2017.

Education

Your Taste in Art Helps Predict Your Support for Brexit

A different type of post-election analysis finds an aesthetic divide in the United Kingdom.

Tom Jacobs

Viewfinder: Pro-Brexit Activists Protest Outside Downing Street

Pro-Brexit demonstrators gather outside Downing Street calling for a hard-line withdrawal from the European Union during the weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street on October 16th, 2018, in London, England.

Pacific Standard Staff