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US diplomats brace as Trump plans foreign policy shake-up in wider purge of government

Analysts say it is hard to separate the president-elect’s bluster from his actual plans but it’s clear his priority is to bin many of Joe Biden’s policies

The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2024

‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending

Deepening military and trade links between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are making western powers uneasy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024

OPINION - Rishi Sunak should stop trying to solve problems and start managing them instead

Designing solutions to problems sounds all well and good. But the problem, as former US State Department official Richard Fontaine once pointed out, is that not all problems can actually be solved. Sometimes, problems have to be managed.

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023