The UK’s grand foreign policy strategy is more deeply embedded and longer lasting than any prime ministerial term.
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No act of royal diplomacy, however well executed, can deliver an instant reset in the US-UK relationship.
So long as the UK remains committed to progressive realism, the Trumpian realist pursuit of regime change will put even more pressure on the special relationship.
As the UK tries to make sense of a world in which the US is not a wholly reliable ally, a realistic stance on China is essential.
Foreign policy under Keir Starmer underlines the historical limits of idealism in the British approach to matters abroad.
Trump has transgressed the only recognisable facet of what political identity Starmer actually has: the rule of law.
The approach tells us much about how Keir Starmer’s administration sees the UK’s place in the world in an unsettled era.
Aid is now set to shrink from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3%.
Of those polled in mid-January, 58% either strongly or somewhat support deploying UK troops as peacekeepers.
A tumultuous year lies ahead, and all roads lead back to Trump.
Keir Starmer is trying to hit the reset button with Europe. Will he succeed?
Starmer’s formula of moderation and caution about the Gaza conflict is unlikely to satisfy some of his backbenchers
The new British government has been in talks with both Democrats and Republicans for a while already.
The effort to get Muslims voting for independents won’t cost Keir Starmer the election – but is that all that matters?
The UK government needs to define its goals and the scope of its involvement in a campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Iran’s role in the recent conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah shows how badly western containment policy has failed.
The foreign secretary wanted to embrace Beijing when he was prime minister but times have changed.
A crisis abroad has exposed multiple disagreements at home.
Geographical happenstance became a matter of national identity in imperial times and is now a handy rhetorical device for Brexit enthusiasts.
A newly approved trade deal could be an opportunity to return Northern Ireland’s political attention to pressing issues of health care, housing, energy costs and inflation.
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