Garvan Walshe: The case for supporting the Syrian Kurds – for a price

They offer the best chance to maintain influence in Syria to counter Moscow, but the question of their ongoing conflict with Turkey must be addressed.

Bob Seely: Post-Brexit, we need to be the world’s smart power nation. Let’s make it happen.

Our plan seems to have been little more than to cobble together just enough kit to make us a Great Power on the cheap. That cannot continue.

Iain Dale: Playing truth or dare with Jacqui Smith

Plus: May’s EU trials, Labour’s EU shifts – and how Russia got there before Trump by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Well, part of it.

Our message to Williamson’s allies: grow up

And we will have one for Hammond, for what it’s worth, if the armed forces are refused further cash that they need.

Waiting for Pozzo, sorry, Godot, sorry, Trump

The President’s state visit has already been postponed at least once. Doing so again is the least worst option.

Garvan Walshe: Russia is up to no good – but the idea it caused Brexit doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

We are not up against a revived Soviet Union. At most, Putin’s state is a puffer fish – poisonous, but not as big as you think.

Rory Broomfield: How much extra money should we give the EU? I say: not a penny.

If a £55 billion payment to the EU to start talks on trade has been agreed, it would be an outrage. There is no legal basis for such demands.

Lord Ashcroft: What American voters think of Trump

Not surprisingly, the country remains sharply divided as to the merits of its leader – a division that can hardly be missed in this new polling.

It’s better to face up to the threat from Russia than to pretend it doesn’t exist

As the Prime Minister told Putin last night: “We know what you are doing. And you will not succeed.”

Nadhim Zahawi: Our Government should make it clear that Trump is on his own over Iran

The President himself hasn’t set out what he would like to happen next, and has provided no detailed plan for what would replace the current agreement.

John Baron: Trump’s Iran decision has an alarming North Korean dimension

De-certification of nuclear agreement could lead world leaders to conclude that such deals with the United States are not worth the candle.

Jack Lopresti: Britain must support our friends in Kurdistan

Iraq may be a voluntary union in theory, but in practice it is sectarian, over-centralised, and coercive.

Daniel Hannan: Twelve principles to unite Remainers and Leavers

Most people in both camps are interested in getting the best outcome starting from where we are. Here’s how.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Why the case for nuclear deterrence needs to be made all over again

This is important not only because without arguments we are weak in the face of our adversaries, such as Corbyn, but also because we must keep checking that we’re right.

Christopher Howarth: NATO will survive both Trump and Merkel’s criticisms. But it might not survive a Prime Minister Corbyn.

The idea that Brexit is a threat to defence co-operation is a myth.