The King’s upcoming visit to the court of Donald Trump has too much riding on it
Starmer’s restive MPs should acknowledge that Britain’s fortunes are shaped abroad
Trump has laid waste to the Atlantic alliance — the Greenland crisis shows what needs to be done
Ireland’s president-elect Catherine Connolly caught the anti-establishment tide
Following this week’s ceasefire and hostage releases, four books offer context on the war and pursuit of a lasting resolution in Gaza
The fate of Starmer’s government rests on the economy — but an obsessive pursuit of financial prudence could undermine it
Tom McTague’s history of the drift towards Brexit takes in Eurosceptic voices from Enoch Powell to Farage, via Thatcher and Cummings
Richard Vinen’s study of two very different but similarly stubborn national figureheads is intriguing, deeply researched and very well-timed
Keir Starmer’s task is to deal with facts, not illusions, and restore public trust
Few now discount the prospect of unification. Yet the Republic still struggles to imagine the changes that would be needed to accommodate unionists
The government is right to push up defence spending, but hard power isn’t everything
Duncan Weldon’s ‘Blood and Treasure’ argues that following the money is the best way to understand the roots of conflict
The long goodbye to the US-led world order means leaders must tread carefully
The ‘special relationship’ has underpinned the UK’s security since the Suez Canal debacle — but the world has changed
But Keir Starmer needs his government to show an organising purpose that has been absent so far
As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world
Diarmaid Ferriter’s history of modern Ireland chronicles the dramatic social, political and economic shifts that have taken place within a generation
Whatever the outcome in November, governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security
The new prime minister will need to use the political capital that comes from a huge majority if he is to keep populism at bay
Tory radicals see a revolution as the path back to power but the pattern has been firmly set since 1922
Realism is not defeatism — Britain has plenty to offer when it concentrates its resources
The old rules were rewritten by the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 and the global financial crash
Politics in the province cannot be forced into straight lines — this week’s deal follows the lessons of its history
They should give up abstentionism and try persuasion instead
EU governments could once claim to be players in the Middle East — no longer
