Long-term stability will make it difficult for Russia to achieve its foreign policy aims in the developing world and extract the resources for its war effort.
Two years from its launch, problems with Project Spire’s legitimacy have not resolved. It is reasonable to infer that this is because it is ultra vires, outwith the Commissioners’ legal powers and charitable purposes.
The number of countries where Christians face high to extreme levels of persecution has almost doubled since the early 1990s, with over 350 million worshippers facing serious discrimination, abuse, and violence.
Even if we felt not an ounce of moral responsibility for people beyond Britain’s shores, we should care about our national interest.
Whether we like it or not, we are more connected than ever before, in a world that is also more dangerous than at any other time in my sixty-eight years.
With military aid a rare point of agreement across all political parties, it is time all those in Westminster to recognise the global importance of a victorious Ukraine, with a restored ability supply vital food aid.
It’s another taste of what a genuinely multipolar world might look like, and ought to be a shot across the bows of our foreign policy establishment.
The Conservative Party must continue its commitment to ending malaria and being a leader in international development in its next election manifesto.
Spoiler alert: the Rwanda policy will not stop the boats. I know this. You know this. One hopes Rishi Sunak knows this. The truth is that even if flights take off, the crossings will continue, and get worse under Labour, whether they cancel the scheme or not.
It is easy for well-meaning MPs to blunder into inadvertent racism. In their ignorance, they are a danger to the animals they profess to care about.
The West needs to learn again that appeasement does not work.
It is imperative to grasp the group’s objectives, doctrines, and expansion tactics. Employing a combination of both soft and hard power measures is essential, targeting not only Hezbollah but also its allies and associates globally.
A British government which recognised the benefits of a stable, prosperous Africa and offered incentives to skilled professionals to return home would find itself lauded on the continent.
In the geo-political battle of ideas, between an open, liberal vision of government and society, and a more authoritarian template, the continent, overwhelmingly, is in the right column.
The idea that the UK must choose between defence and development is a false choice. Both are essential to Britain’s long-term security, prosperity, and global standing.