Why Ukraine matters so much and why sanctions against Putin are not enough

The Russian regime has repudiated the post Cold War. The West must draw a red line

The dangerous end of Northern Ireland’s Unionist Ascendancy

Unionists have lost their majority as the centrifugal forces of Brexit merge with the march of demography towards a united Ireland

As Putin menaces Ukraine, Germany is disarming the West

Berlin’s prevarication emboldens Moscow, weakens deterrence and endangers the European security order

After Johnson. What Britain needs next

The country deserves a measure of decency and competence

Michael Collins was right about Irish unity

A day in the life of Boris Johnson

Johnson's premiership is over........the outstanding question is how much more damage he can do

The west is the author of its own weakness

China presents a threat to the liberal global order but the bigger danger lies in the discrediting of democracy

The French are right about the Americans

Washington has always been careless of its allies in the pursuit of the US national interest

Europe had better face facts about the Biden doctrine

The retreat from Afghanistan has seen the US draw a much tighter definition of its national interest

What Joe Biden should tell Boris Johnson about Northern Ireland

The US president could be a candid friend to the UK and urge the prime minister to honour his post-Brexit Irish trade deal

Europe does not need four more years of ‘Merkelism’

Germany must shoulder more of the burden of defending an open international system

The US will not find security behind its borders

Joe Biden has declared the end of America’s efforts at nation building, but the world is no safer for his retreat

Kabul retreat leaves the UK on a bridge to nowhere

US indifference to its ally’s interests in the Afghan pullout underscores London’s dependence on Washington

Climate change is a global threat demanding national solutions

The lofty hopes of the COP26 process will have meaning only if they connect with local politics

Boris Johnson has made a Brexit offer the EU can only refuse

The UK’s latest proposals for the Northern Ireland protocol are an attempt to tear up an international treaty

The brittle facade of Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Democracies have been bent out of shape by rising populism but autocrats are more likely to crack under pressure

The young are pawns in Boris Johnson’s Covid experiment

The UK government’s plan to lift remaining restrictions will let the virus sweep through the nation’s children

The German threat to the UK is indifference

Boris Johnson’s government is still obsessed with Brexit, but its erstwhile EU partners have other priorities

After Merkel, Germany must admit the return of history

Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, an assertive China and revanchist Russia have shattered the nation’s dreams

Gangs replace rules in the new global order

Joe Biden’s week of summitry reclaims US leadership of the west as the world returns to great power rivalry

Merkel has dealt Europe’s authoritarian leaders a trump card

German chancellor’s refusal to halt Nord Stream 2 encourages Putin to act with impunity