Ed West: So far, 2020 has proved my most pessimistic expectations to be horribly true. How very satisfying.

There’s nothing better than being proven right, even if it’s to confirm your original prediction of doom-laden misery.

David Green: The new Commission on Unalienable Rights allows us to compare America and Communist China

The US report asserts that there can be no moral equivalence between “rights-respecting countries that fall short in progress toward their ideals”.

Garvan Walshe: America’s military leaders are ready to resist illegal orders from the country’s rogue President. How has it come to this?

Trump seems to be modelling himself on Richard Nixon. But he’s more like segregationalist George Wallace.

Shanker Singham: EU-style regulation on animal welfare would be the wrong step for Britain

Some of the solutions being proposed for UK trade talks would make it a pariah state in the WTO community.

Natalie Elphicke: From tackling gangs to visa waivers, my five-step plan to take back control of our borders

We need to be clear and robust when it comes to tackling security and ending the abuses of European human rights laws.

Blood tests at airports, robot microbe killers, and attendants in PPE: How Covid-19 will affect the future of travel

Various new measures are being created to cope with the threat of the virus, with huge ramifications for tourism.

Andrew Bowie: Events are moving dangerously quickly in the South China sea. Global Britain must step up.

The Chinese Communist Party has enhanced its campaign to dominate this critical waterway. Our country and its allies must act.

Death rates shouldn’t be used to make political points. And can’t be truthfully. Here’s why.

The only way of pushing such a narrative is to remove context and nuance from the data.