Foreign Policy
Are UK dons hopelessly naive on China?
Beijing’s growing influence means hard choices are going to get harder for the Government
It’s Trump’s world, and Biden only governs in it
Paul du Quenoy says there is much greater continuity in Biden’s foreign policy than the current narrative suggests
The Trump administration’s parting blows
There is an ignoble history of outgoing administrations making things harder for their unwelcome successors – and Trump’s departure was no exception
Ethiopia teeters as UK government is preoccupied by Covid-19
Developing countries that the UK assists are being sidelined as the UK government’s attention is seized by Covid-19 and domestic troubles
The assassination of Soleimani
The Arab Spring didn’t amount to much, but when the US killed Soleimani last year it was a unexpectedly positive counterpoint
The triumph of the Trump doctrine
An appraisal of the President’s foreign policy would find he was consistent, traditional, multilateral – and highly successful
Why we might look back on Trump’s foreign policy with fondness
Joe Biden’s election signals a return to Washington’s default liberal and progressive values, especially in foreign affairs
British self-interested aid
Is it wrong that donor countries should also benefit from their development aid projects?
A tribute to Owen Harries
In memoriam
Covid is a symptom of the Age of China
British statecraft is not protecting us from an emerging autocratic superpower