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
Liberal America’s assault on Joe Biden could put Donald Trump back in the White House
Politics in the province cannot be forced into straight lines — this week’s deal follows the lessons of its history
They should give up abstentionism and try persuasion instead
Israel's prime minister hopes that prolonging the conflict will help save himself
Britain’s public broadcaster still has some fine journalists but has lost sight of its unique purpose
EU governments could once claim to be players in the Middle East — no longer
Netanyahu will be remembered as the self-styled strongman who disarmed Israel
The parties that win elections are the ones that choose the ground on which they are fought.
Brexit was a disaster. The Tories have turned it into a catastrophe
The Conservatives cannot so easily shed the record of the past 13 years
Contrary to expectations, the forces of change in Europe have been centripetal rather than centrifugal
