Hannah David: The EU may turn sour on us – so it’s time to mull doing business with Russia

The very threat of reaching out in this way may make our neighbours reconsider any idea of punishing us.

Iain Duncan Smith: Aleppo’s suffering will only stop when someone shoots down a Russian plane

Putin sees appeasement for what it is. Providing the weaponry to give the people of Aleppo some defence could bring him back to the peace table.

Iain Dale: The danger of imposing a no-fly zone over Aleppo

Plus: Ken Loach’s new film. Whatever the political motivation behind it, it did have several valid messages – and one is how the state can dehumanise people.

Syria’s agony, Putin’s boldness, America’s weakness

Allowing Russia to become top dog in the Middle East has consequences for Europe – including Britain.

Nadhim Zahawi: Russia has to make a choice about its role in the world

Putin is doing all he can to back an evil regime in Syria.

Olivier Guitta: Why Obama has been a recruiting sergeant for ISIS

His failure to act against Assad helped to persuade young Sunni Muslims that he is against them.

Brooks Newmark: Until a no-fly zone is enforced in Syria, the bloody slaughter of innocents will stretch on and on

During the past five years, Assad – aided and abetted by Putin – has been responsible for over 95 per cent of the almost 400,000 civilian deaths.

Daniel Kawczynski: Plans for an EU army remain as barmy and ramshackle as ever

A range of significant obstacles would need to be cleared to set about forming such a defence force. None of them is anything to do with Britain’s membership of the EU

May arrives in China as the first post-Iraq war Conservative leader

To date, she has seen foreign affairs through the prism of domestic security rather than that of intervention abroad.

Tim Jenkins: Brexit will mean that Britain will need to deploy even more soft power

The ability to leverage a nation’s influence through international networks and institutions is key to promoting the national interest in the modern world.

An independent Britain must rebuild an independent military

If the UK aspires to a global role, we need not just an independent nuclear deterrent but conventional forces that can function without American help.

Johnson has more urgent business to hand than running the country

The most senior Minister in place at home has a great task before him – helping his country find a new international role (and restoring the morale of an exhausted department).

Mohammed Amin: Our non-negotiable values need tighter definition

I would refuse naturalisation as a British citizen to anyone who does not subscribe to the values.

Nadhim Zahawi: Why Trump and Brexiteers have nothing in common

Our vote was about delivering power back to the people, and removing it from distant powerful figures. “The Donald”, on the other hand, asks the people to give him the power.

Why we hope that Hillary will win

Trump’s antics are a threat to the stability and peace of Europe.