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Overseas development has always fallen in and out of favour between governments. But this feels different – and terminal.
Cameron heads straight into the House of Lords so that he can join Rishi Sunak’s top team following the reshuffle triggered by the downfall of Suella Braverman.
Dominic Raab’s successor will face a slew of foreign policy challenges. Here’s how she might approach them.
Some big names are lining up to attack the government over a broken manifesto pledge.
Boris Johnson has announced the UK’s Department for International Development will merge with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
An international protocol to document and investigate sexual violence in conflict is falling short.
Why the UK should follow the US lead in plans to issue an annual certificate of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
The government may find it hard to distance itself from companies that engage in questionable practices abroad.
As foreign secretary, Boris Johnson was a liability for the May government.
Theresa May’s need to balance Brexiteers and Remainers in her cabinet means that the foreign secretary can get away with an alarming level of incompetence.
The 1954 defection of West Germany’s first domestic spy chief and ardent anti-Nazi rocked the world – and then he returned to Bonn.
UK diplomats are thoroughly briefed on the pitfalls that could trap them on overseas service.
Theresa May’s decision to make a Foreign Scretary of the notoriously troublesome Brexiter-in-Chief is a huge gamble.
New papers shed light on the aftermath of the dramatic flight of two of the notorious ‘Cambridge Spies’.
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