Ben Roback: Namaste Trump! He says India is now “America’s premier defence partner”. That’s bad news for Johnson.

At the very same time that the Government is orchestrating a comprehensive security and defence review, that comment will have caused grave concern.

Joe Baron: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank.

If Britain joined in a moment of self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.

David Alton: Now is the time to deliver on Johnson’s commitments to persecuted Christians

It is no secret that some senior civil servants in the Foreign Office do not share the Prime Minister’s commitment to implementing the Truro Recommendations.

Sunder Katwala: The Conservatives, ethnic minority voters, and the election. Next to no progress.

Not being white remains the number one demographic predictor of not voting Tory.

Parvez Akhtar: The Government must speak up against India’s mistreatment of Kashmir

As the Foreign Secretary’s intervention on Hong Kong shows, Britain is a country which honours its responsibilities to former territories.

Martin Parsons: The new Prime Minister should implement Hunt’s review on persecuted Christians

The real risk of all this is that it gets praised – but is then quietly filed away. What needs to happen is a change of Foreign Office culture.

John Jenkins: Too many excuses are made for Iran – especially by the EU. We must get real, stand with America, and take decisive action.

I’m glad to see we’ve now had the guts to stop a tanker we believe is smuggling Iranian oil in defiance of sanctions on Syria.

Garvan Walshe: How Trump’s blunders give Iran the chance for “nuclear breakout”

The United States’ weakened capabilities and frayed alliances both play in Tehran’s favour at a crucial and sensitive time.

Stewart is appointed DFID Secretary

He is one of the few middle-ranking Ministers who, while others were fleeing for the hills, girded himself up – and went out to fight for May’s Brexit deal.

Nuclear powers, spiralling tension – and Kashmir’s fallout in urban Britain

Brokenshire must keep an eye on the potential knock-on from the latest flare-up over terror, reprisals, a captured pilot and the disputed territory.

Benedict Rogers: Hunt’s review of British policy on the persecution of Christians is crucial and courageous

The Foreign Secretary had already impressed me with his focus on human rights. Now he has created new hope for Christians around the world.

Asia Bibi should be offered asylum in Britain

Hers is a test case for Ministers, for Muslim organisations in Britain, for free speech – for what sort of country we want to be.

Greg Hands: Remaining in a customs union beyond 2020 would be unacceptable to many Conservative MPs – and here’s why

Some will ask “Trump versus China: where does the UK stand?” The answer will be: “Ask Brussels – as the UK isn’t allowed to have a trade policy of its own”.

Josephine Hemmens: Transgender discrimination is wrong. But righting it mustn’t put people born as women in danger.

This process is clearly open to abuse from violent males, many of whom will go to any lengths to reach their victims.

Garvan Walshe: How to counter thermonuclear proliferation, the true threat posed by North Korea

The policy of preventing Pyongyang becoming a nuclear state has failed. We must now shift to protecting others from that new reality.