Adam Holloway MP: Why Colonel Bob Stewart, holder of a DSO, should be the next Chairman of the Defence Select Committee

By comparison, his competitors are like distinguished national servicemen.

Bob Stewart MP: The story behind those Taliban trophy photographs

They were totally unacceptable and shouldn’t happen, but a little part of me understands why they occur.

John Baron MP: It’s time to recognise our nuclear test veterans

Our hope is that the Prime Minister will recognise that our campaign is fair and just.

Mercer prepares the timer on his Claus Von Stauffenberg memorial briefcase

A post-European elections poll in Newark this spring would give UKIP a second publicity bonanza.

Lord Flight: The West must match Russian aggression with a military response, or re-run the 1930s

The West must not repeat the mistakes of appeasement – bullies only understand one language.

James Gray MP: Defence policy – a retreat to “splendid islolation”?

The candidate for the Chairmanship of the Defence Select Committee argues that our defence strategy must not be shaped by indecision and drift.

Garvan Walshe: Afghanistan’s election – more like Switzerland than you think

The two countries really are more alike than one would imagine.

If Ukraine had joined NATO…

…we would be obliged to defend that country militarily. Which leads to a question: how far east do we really want NATO’s canopy to stretch?

Rory Stewart MP: Parliament needs to pose some difficult questions about our defence policy

The candidate for the Chairmanship of the Defence Select Committee says that MPs need to do much more than simply back our armed forces.

Garvan Walshe: How has the Coalition performed on foreign affairs? Five and a half marks out of ten

With Putin on the march, defence cuts biting and much of the Middle East in turmoil, is Coalition foreign policy fit for purpose?

Mark Francois MP: Raised on a council estate and reared on tales of Churchill. Why I am a Conservative.

I have always held in contempt champagne socialists who profess their love for working class people but would scarcely dream of inviting any to dinner.

Johnny Mercer: The numbers will never add up for another brigade in Germany

Putin, Assad, and their like will continue to push the envelope

Sir Gerald Howarth MP: Why Farage is foolish to pander to Putin

The UKIP leader’s remarks about the Russian president should ring alarm bells.

Tom Tugendhat: The NATO allies must increase their defence spending – before it’s too late

70 years of peace has lulled capitals across the continent into the illusion that war is a matter of choice.

Henry Hill: Alliance Euro candidate decries “very artificial” Northern Ireland

Also: Labour MSP calls for defence to be ‘out of the hands of nation states’; and PUP leader defends terrorist past.