Britain will choose a prime minister acquainted with the truth who can find someone to talk to at international summits
The west has cast Russia's war as an existential threat but not quite so existential as to demand Nato intervention
There are the makings of a powerful Franco-German partnership as Europe's security anchor
A review of three new books on the troubled past of the Anglo-Irish relationship and the prospects for Irish Unity
The Russian regime has repudiated the post Cold War. The West must draw a red line
Unionists have lost their majority as the centrifugal forces of Brexit merge with the march of demography towards a united Ireland
Berlin’s prevarication emboldens Moscow, weakens deterrence and endangers the European security order
The country deserves a measure of decency and competence
Johnson's premiership is over........the outstanding question is how much more damage he can do
China presents a threat to the liberal global order but the bigger danger lies in the discrediting of democracy
Washington has always been careless of its allies in the pursuit of the US national interest
The retreat from Afghanistan has seen the US draw a much tighter definition of its national interest
The US president could be a candid friend to the UK and urge the prime minister to honour his post-Brexit Irish trade deal
Germany must shoulder more of the burden of defending an open international system
Joe Biden has declared the end of America’s efforts at nation building, but the world is no safer for his retreat
US indifference to its ally’s interests in the Afghan pullout underscores London’s dependence on Washington
The lofty hopes of the COP26 process will have meaning only if they connect with local politics
The UK’s latest proposals for the Northern Ireland protocol are an attempt to tear up an international treaty
Democracies have been bent out of shape by rising populism but autocrats are more likely to crack under pressure
The UK government’s plan to lift remaining restrictions will let the virus sweep through the nation’s children
