The BBC provides an eloquent reminder of the deep-seated neuralgia that took Britain out of its own continent
The US president has surrendered America's global leadership and started a fight with China he cannot win
Trump’s infatuation with Putin is part of a bigger story. For Europeans the US is as much a threat as an ally
The UN General Assembly saw Washington disown the Pax Americana to line up with Russia, Belarus and North Korea. Even China seemed embarrassed
The organising truth behind the US administration’s capitulation over Ukraine is that Trump agrees with Putin
How the president opened the door to an American role in Irish peace-making
By looking away western democracies have surrendered moral authority
The Israeli leader has created an escalatory ladder that ends with a US-supported strike against Iran's nuclear facilities
The coming Budget will set the course for Britain's Labour government
The Labour prime minister has restored Britain's standing in Washington. The bigger challenge is to build a European defence pillar
Diarmaid Ferriter’s history of modern Ireland chronicles the dramatic social, political and economic shifts that have taken place within a generation
Whatever the outcome in November, governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security
The new prime minister will need to use the political capital that comes from a huge majority if he is to keep populism at bay
Tory radicals see a revolution as the path back to power but the pattern has been firmly set since 1922
The Labour leader is criticised as unexciting. Voters want to see Britain restored as a normal country
The Conservatives cannot talk about Brexit. A Labour government cannot ignore it
Realism is not defeatism — Britain has plenty to offer when it concentrates its resources
Rishi Sunak is a prime minister without a compass. Getting rid of him would not save the Tories
The old rules were rewritten by the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 and the global financial crash
Chinese emperors are all-powerful until the moment they are toppled
Europe must recognise it has a choice to make about Ukraine
