Garvan Walshe: Finland and Sweden’s NATO application shows how much Russia has already lost 

It is an essential British interest that Putin’s efforts to split Germany, France and Italy from the front line states fails.

Why are we so obsessed with America’s abortion debate?

Orwell once claimed the English intelligentsia “take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow.” We can now swap the latter for Washington.

Emily Carver: Musk’s takeover of Twitter has exposed the hypocrisy of his left-wing critics

It was all very well when it banned the President of the United States, but now its influence on politics is a problem?

Georgia L. Gilholy: You don’t have to be a fan of Assange to think he shouldn’t be extradited

Complying with the request for extradition from the United States would be a blow for press freedom on both sides of the Atlantic

Stephen Booth: The Ukraine war has revived American leadership and dashed dreams of European autonomy

Next, European policies towards China, both in the EU and in the UK, are likely to come under increased scrutiny.

Why I wish Britain’s abortion debate was more like America’s

The vote on the ‘pills by post’ amendment to the Health and Care Bill passed with little fanfare for legislation with moral implications.

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.

Garvan Walshe: To turn the tide in Ukraine, it’s time for Putin – not the West – to fear escalation

We need to signal that measures which would amount to war, such as a no-fly zone, should now be under consideration.

Liam Fox: Steady nerves, economic power and self-belief helped to defeat the Soviets. They can do the same to Putin.

Although we should arm Ukraine, we should not fan the flames of a wider European war – but tighten our economic grip in a way never before seen.

Ben Roback: Does Biden risk getting left behind by the UK and Europe in the western response to Russia?

The President’s words to Congress were warm and embracing of the “freedom-loving” resistance. But those closer to the action have more to lose.

Lord Ashcroft: What Ukrainians think about the war, Putin, Russia, NATO, Europe – and Britain. A remarkable poll from Kyiv.

The only country that a majority of respondents believe is doing enough to help them is Britain.

David Willetts: Sunak’s Mais lecture, Ministers’ Augar response – and a better approach to universities

What turns young people away from the Conservatives isn’t more education. It’s the retreat of the property-owning democracy.

Ranj Alaadin: The Ukraine crisis. Brexit Britain is proving itself an international force. Here’s what we should do next.

Re-calibrating policies to account for the reality of conflict and warfare today could not be more urgent.

William Atkinson: P.J. O’Rourke – the last person to make conservatism cool

In memory of the author of “Republican Party Reptile”, who showed why our economic system won the Cold War.

Peter Lilley: If controls at the UK/Ireland land border are unacceptable, so too at the Great Britain/Northern Ireland sea border

“Rarely can such a crucial issue have been given such cursory and one-sided analysis in our media” – the third piece in a week-long series.