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April 28, 2026, 07:08 PM - 6 min read
Trump is known to admire the British royal family, describing the king as a “fantastic man”. Recent history suggests the king may even be one of the few people to whom Trump is willing to listen.
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April 23, 2026, 05:47 PM - 7 min read
The US war on Iran, alongside Israel’s war on Lebanon, is accelerating a notable reshaping of European alliances and strategic thinking about the union’s future.
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April 22, 2026, 06:04 PM - 6 min read
This is a time of new geopolitical alliances, cooperation and blocs. Trading and investment options could help secure economic, political and societal stability in a volatile world. So far, this is a relatively small step by the UK – but starting to align to EU regulations could ease a complex relationship.
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February 10, 2026, 01:34 PM - 7 min read
If this is the end for Starmer, a serious and damaging pattern in British politics and public life will have been reinforced. Since David Cameron stepped down in 2016, no prime minister has lasted more than about three years. The impatience and intolerance of voters with the political classes has increased, and will only increase further.
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January 24, 2026, 12:54 PM - 3 min read
A revised 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS), released on January 23, places “determent of China” as top priority and asks NATO member states to take primary responsibility for military support to Ukraine and their own conventional defence
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January 9, 2026, 06:50 PM - 4 min read
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has restricted image generation and editing after a global backlash over sexualised deepfakes, prompting investigations and sharp criticism from governments and regulators worldwide.
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January 7, 2026, 03:45 PM - 8 min read
It’s also easy to argue it was a blatant and unashamed violation of international law. And it signals a further erosion of what is left of the rules-based international order.
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December 16, 2025, 01:28 PM - 8 min read
Ceasefires built on coercion or exhaustion inevitably fail because they do not resolve the conflict’s causes. Durable peace agreements require all sides to cooperate with international efforts to document war crimes and human rights violations, such as the United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
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November 21, 2025, 03:31 PM - 5 min read
All prime ministers are paranoid. Such paranoia comes from having to sit and smile around a cabinet table when you know that most of your colleagues hanker after your job. But Starmer is projecting something very different. His paranoia reflects a deeper awareness that a vacuum exists at the apex of British government, and at some point this weakness will lead to a challenge.
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October 3, 2025, 01:53 PM - 7 min read
Today, deportations are a staple of migration governance around the world. However, the recent expansion of detention and deportations reflects an accelerated criminalisation and punishment of non-citizens, tied to a rising authoritarianism across purportedly liberal Western countries.
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September 3, 2025, 08:54 PM - 4 min read
“I remember when the Prime Minister said that tax evasion is a criminal offence and should be treated as all other fraud. If he had a backbone, he would sack her,” Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch said in the Commons.
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July 5, 2025, 04:56 PM - 2 min read
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said his personal relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump played a key role in helping Britain secure an exemption from a series of sweeping tariffs announced by Washington.
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