Britain Needs Greater Unity, Not a Messy Breakup

This is the worst possible time for Britain to consider leaving the European Union – or for Scotland to break with Britain.

The EU is an unfinished project of European states that have sacrificed part of their sovereignty to form an ever-closer union based on shared values and ideals. Those shared values are under attack on multiple fronts. Russia's undeclared war against Ukraine is perhaps the most immediate example, but it is by no means the only one. Resurgent nationalism and illiberal democracy are on the rise within Europe, at its borders and around the globe.