Emily Barley: We can counter Russia, China and Iran with this alliance of nimble countries

This list of allies and partners includes Australia, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Oman, Qatar and Singapore.

Iain Dale: Cummings. Why bother giving seven hours of testimony – but not then provide supporting evidence?

Plus: I am seriously considering stepping back from Twitter. And: the play you must see.

Daniel Hannan: Even the blockade of Qatar hasn’t produced the calamity that hysterical Remainers now predict from Brexit

Their hysterical tone serves only to make EU negotiators dig in deeper – thus, paradoxically, making a breakdown in talks more likely.

Abdellatif el-Menawy: Islamists won’t like the Government’s tougher stance towards the Muslim Brotherhood. But Egyptians will.

Alistair Burt’s remarks while visiting our country represented a significant adjustment of the British approach to combatting terrorism.

David Davis: What I saw in Syria. And what Britain should do to help end its barbarous civil war – in its own interest, ours, and the world’s

This is better way of dealing with both migration and the terror threat than the patchwork measures taken so far by the EU.

Emma McClarkin: Why I now doubt whether any of the FIFA presidency candidates are up to the job

If all but one of them shy away from even debating the issues in a public forum, what chance do we have?

Bombing ISIS in Syria. Cameron must take his party with him, and not rely on support from Labour

There is now a strong case for widening the air strikes against ISIS in which we already take part.

Cllr Chris Whitehouse: Helen Grant should say plainly that the FA’s conduct has been unacceptable

Greg Dyke’s career in football risks ending as ingloriously as it did at the BBC. John Whittingdale and his Select Committee should launch an enquiry.

Libya’s civil war demonstrates the futility of western intervention

More bloody chaos in the wake of ‘liberation’

Hamas, the Millwall of the Middle East

Any organisation in the region which is somehow at odds with both Saudi Arabia and Iran is not in good position.

Britain should threaten to boycott the Qatar World Cup

David Cameron must take a moral lead and assemble a coalition demanding the reform of FIFA’s rotten core.

Alistair Burt MP: The World Cup brings thrills, spills and – inevitably – politics along with it

If you thought Brazil was political, wait for Russia and Qatar.

Olivier Guitta: The nuclear danger in Iran…from an earthquake in Bushehr

An accident here would have deadly repercussions in the region and on world trade.

David Davis MP: Voting against Syrian intervention was the right thing to do – and it’s working

Rehman Chishti believes the vote was a mistake, but a recent trip to Washington showed me otherwise.

Rehman Chishti MP: Our Syria decision has left Britain diminished

The consequences of last summer’s vote are lost exports, a weakened reputation – and opportunities for France at our expense.