Without the US there is only one path to security, which is further European integration. There is no third way this time, writes Andrew Adonis.
21.01.2026 10:04
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Without the US there is only one path to security, which is further European integration. There is no third way this time, writes Andrew Adonis.
With an uprising in Iran, my new substack on revolutions in our time.
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Informative survey of British public views on UK foreign policy: The government is aligned with the public in drawing closer to the EU and most people are avowedly anti-Trump. The government needs to do a better job of communicating with youth on why support for Ukraine is important.
20 years on from the 7/7 attacks - every indicator of extremism has worsened. Extremism is less like a cancer and more like a blood disease that can spread everywhere - to every community. A whole new approach is needed ->
Future security and a 'golden age' for the whole region runs through a two-state solution -
With the US vacating the soft-power space at lightening speed, it's even more critical for the UK to step up and invest in the BBC World Service, British Council and our other flagship intl programmes. China/Russia are buying up the airwaves unchallenged, to their advantage.
Iran's main aim now in Syria is to destabilise the country to the detriment of the new government. Israel should tread lightly in response to threats from Syria - deterrence shouldn't lead to destabilisation.
We rightly recognise freedom of expression as fundamental to democracy but we don't often acknowledge threat of dangerous speech & serious harm it poses in eroding our democratic freedoms. Which is why observing legislation around freedom of expression is so critical. Something absolutists don't do.
The SDR - a long-awaited report on Britain's defence against geopolitical instability - is to recommend wholesale changes to how Britain prepares for war. This weekend's extraordinary Ukrainian strikes against at least five Russian airbases is testament to nimbleness and creativity.
The 'Trump effect' seems to have tamped down the 'Crown effect' & King Charles / the monarchy now supported by plurality of Canadians.
Entirely right, from Israel's former Labor PM Ehud Barak. Most Israelis entirely agree with him. The stranglehold of fanatics in this coalition government is yet another sign of the destructiveness of populist nationalism.
