Amanda Sloat, Fellow at the Project for Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, analyzes the latest Brexit developments and comes to the conclusion that the U.K. is creeping ever closer to a no-deal Brexit on March 29.

Confused messaging by the American government on Syria, with presidential tweets and dissonant statements from senior officials, has caused international whiplash in recent weeks. This hasty announcement and its botched implementation have already harmed American credibility and risk inflaming an already complex situation.

He inherited the conflict. It’s up to him to resolve it responsibly.

On January 15, the British House of Commons finally voted on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The vote was postponed from mid-December, with little changing over the holidays as members of parliament (MP) overwhelmingly opposed the deal. With the March 29 deadline for Brexit looming, the way forward remains unclear.

In the alliance-disrupting era of President Trump, America’s longest-standing friends are nervous about whether the United States would defend them in a conflict. They don’t know whether the White House prefers democratic leaders or autocrats. And the European Union’s ambassador to Washington can’t even count on getting a decent spot in the reception line.

John Bolton was expected to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan but had talks with spokesman instead

Turkey and the US have been at loggerheads over Syria in the wake of President Trump's decision to pull US troops out of the country. The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that the US national security adviser, John Bolton, had made a serious mistake in suggesting the withdrawal was conditional on Ankara agreeing to security guarantees for US-backed Kurdish fighters.

Even after Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis resigned over the decision, two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers have offered different messages about his intentions for a Syria withdrawal.