The Brexit Impossibility Maze – PS On Point

 [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( PS On Point Weekly Newsletter Since initiating the process to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May has muddled through a series of politically and logistically impossible scenarios. But time is running out, and so are Britain's options. LONG READ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 [Into the Brexit Labyrinth]( Into the Brexit Labyrinth By Jacek Rostowski After a year and a half of negotiations with the European Union, the British government is no closer to a divorce agreement than it was when it invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in March 2017. Sooner or later, Britons will have to choose between self-destruction and no Brexit at all. [Read More]( [Education Subscriptions](mailto:expansion@project-syndicate.org) THE BIG PICTURE The Big Picture brings together 4-5 Project Syndicate commentaries on topics in the news - and on the deeper issues driving the news. [Climate Countdown 2040]( Climate Countdown 2040 The latest report from the United Nations science task force on climate change has fallen on deaf ears in the White House, even as its dire forecasts have rightly caused alarm in most other capitals. The question now is whether it will serve as the wake-up call the world needs. [Read More]( PREVIOUSLY IN PS ON POINT [Syria's Only Path to Peace]( Syria's Only Path to Peace By Ribal al-Assad Throughout Syria's seven-year-old conflict, the West – like Russia – has consistently put its own strategic interests before those of the country's peaceful majority. Syrians want genuine democracy and equality under the law; but that will not happen until the extremists are removed from the equation. [Read More]( This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](.