A new Cold War is unlikely. China and the West are destined to co-operate for many years to come.
The navy chief will have to deal with the long-term planning, training and funding of the services, and how and when they are deployed – but his first priority will be crisis management.
China’s increasing assertiveness in the Pacific lends urgency to the security pact. But sorting out the small print could be trickier than expected.
In Power and Thrones, Dan Jones takes the reader on a vast and encompassing journey through the history and geography of the Middle Ages.
The new US-UK-Australia pact – driven by China’s aggressive isolationism – is set to define the trio’s approach to security in the region.
Across Afghanistan and the most impoverished parts of the world, drought and starvation is leading to desperation and conflict.
Without Julie Brown’s extraordinary reporting for the Miami Herald, Jeffrey Epstein might have gotten away with it.
Joe Biden has made it clear he doesn’t value his Nato allies – all the more reason for the UK to sort out its defence processes and policy.
The testimony of an Afghan army commander suggests the deal in Doha wasn’t the whole story, and prompts difficult questions about whether the US really is a British ally.
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