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David Cameron talks like he can change the fight against Islamic State. But Britain’s international role has been dwindling for years.
Western leaders insist that engaging with authoritarian regimes promotes human rights. They are missing the point.
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has arrived in the UK on an official state visit and it seems that he will largely be welcomed in most quarters. Indeed, the British Conservative government’s approach to…
With strong views on NATO and the EU, the new leader of the opposition is bound to ruffle feathers abroad.
The true scale of the war against IS has gone largely unremarked on – until now.
New research shows the UK’s military heft depends on a thriving domestic industry to buy things from – and we may be about to cut it drastically.
The decisive Conservative victory in the UK may deal a blow to the “special relationship” with the United States on issues of global defense and security.
The British election has come and gone, and the results have confounded the expectations of most pollsters. Words such as “historic,” “extraordinary” and “political earthquake” have been used to describe…
Governments come and go, but Britain’s Africa policy has long been a beacon of continuity.
Ed Miliband’s attack on David Cameron’s foreign policy seems to have hit home. But is it deserved?
The Conservatives are livid at Ed Miliband’s criticism of Cameron’s foreign policy record. Perhaps it cuts too deep.
The Conservatives argue that the rest of Europe wants reform too. Is this true?
Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
The coalition has presided over a muddled and reactionary foreign policy, and has done little to strengthen Britain’s independent voice in the world.
Ever since the first New Labour administration of 1997, successive British governments have declared their commitment to so-called “ethical” arms sales. But recent decisions about which countries should…
The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s new report on policy towards Iran contains no surprises – startling new departures aren’t in the nature of such documents – but does help crystallise a…
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), once again saved from potential irrelevance, has come to the fore in the West’s reaction to the Ukraine crisis. In the aftermath of its withdrawal from Afghanistan…
Britain’s combat operations in Afghanistan are due to end completely this year, and along with them a century of continuous UK involvement in foreign conflicts. But ever since the HMS Ark Royal sailed…
Events in Ukraine mark not only the start of a momentous shift in the region, but serve to chart the disturbing erosion of Britain’s global clout. If only the UK government would take its lead from the…
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