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Making sense of international disorder
…Or how Britain’s retreat from the Caribbean in 1905 maps the new geopolitical landscape
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Reports of Keir Starmer's demise are much exaggerated
One thing we should have learned during the tumult of recent years is not to project the present into the future.
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A German lesson for Ireland
A successful united Ireland would be a merger not a takeover
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Israel’s choice: Oslo or Netanyahu's apartheid state?
A two-state settlement looks unachievable. Until you look at the alternatives
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Inside-Out Correction
My last post unfairly traduced Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak. It was Liz Truss who said she could not decide whether France was friend or foe…
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Doing the right things….but not well enough
The cacophony of criticism surrounding Keir Starmer's first year counts the theatre of politics above the direction of policy
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Britain cannot rush to reclaim a European future
The BBC provides an eloquent reminder of the deep-seated neuralgia that took Britain out of its own continent
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Inside-Out, political commentary from Philip Stephens
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