Alex Morton: Britain can most effectively gain global influence by governing herself well

Forget delusions of grandeur, memories of empire, or fantasies of running an EU superstate – let’s focus on setting a good example.

Benedict Rogers: Britain must support Taiwan in the face of growing Chinese aggression

If Taiwan stands, democracy prevails, but if it falls, democracy worldwide is in jeopardy. Where our interests lie ought to be clear.

Garvan Walshe: Next week’s NATO summit will be a crucial test of the Trump Doctrine: pay up, or you’re on your own.

Though by demanding that America’s allies spend more on their own defence, the President is unwittingly doing us a favour.

John Stevens: There is no point in stopping Brexit unless we also join the Euro

Making London a truly global financial centre again, with all that would imply for Britain’s place in the world, could quickly become more attractive than the apathy of decline, however proudly sovereign.

Chris Grayling: After so long a wait, let’s get on with it – and vote emphatically today for expansion at Heathrow

Today, Parliament can play a huge part in helping us achieve that post-Brexit vision, securing the long-term connections the country needs.

“We need to make the Foreign Office the strategic engine of our foreign policy again” – Tugendhat’s RUSI speech

“We need to do something you might not expect me to say. We need to give Boris Johnson more power.”

Daniel Kawczynski: We must back Trump’s withdrawal of support from the Iran deal

Obama and his partners ignored the loudly-voiced concerns of our key Gulf strategic partners and Israel that the deal ignored potential Iranian interference in the region.

Richard Benyon: Climate Change. There’s an opportunity, as this Commonwealth summit opens, to follow the Queen’s lead.

It is vital that we discuss how we eliminate the plastic waste brought to the surface of our collective consciousness in Blue Planet II.

Vicky Ford: There are easy wins available in environmental policy

Voters, economic reality and climate change all press for further action. Here’s what we could and should do to make our land even greener and more pleasant.

Simon Clarke: A greener City of London will outpace Paris and Frankfurt after Brexit

The Government should back the fastest growing sector of the economy, demand transparency and send clear policy signals.

John Hulsman: We should worry less about Putin, and more about China

The President makes a wonderful Bond villain but Russia is merely an ageing, corrupt gas station with nuclear weapons, no longer a Great Power.

Mark Francois: States like Russia now pose the primary threat to the UK – we must strengthen our defences accordingly

The erroneous assumption that hostile states were no longer relevant has rightly been abandoned. Now our Armed Forces need the resources to meet the challenge.

Trump’s economic nationalism could be his undoing

Obama’s trade restrictions destroyed more jobs than they saved. Free trade has proven itself as the most remarkable mechanism to generate prosperity. Yet it is under attack yet again.

North Korea. Trump goes where the sainted Obama could never have gone.

One take on the President is that behind the flamboyant tweeting is a conventional actor, who knows full well that jaw tweet jaw is better than war tweet war.

Alex Morton: It’s time to turn the Department for International Development into a Department for Humanitarian Relief

At a time when austerity continues, we need to be explain that we are not wasting taxpayers’ money on a grand delusion that we can create prosperity.