The Israeli leader has created an escalatory ladder that ends with a US-supported strike against Iran's nuclear facilities
The coming Budget will set the course for Britain's Labour government
The Labour prime minister has restored Britain's standing in Washington. The bigger challenge is to build a European defence pillar
Diarmaid Ferriter’s history of modern Ireland chronicles the dramatic social, political and economic shifts that have taken place within a generation
Whatever the outcome in November, governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security
The new prime minister will need to use the political capital that comes from a huge majority if he is to keep populism at bay
Tory radicals see a revolution as the path back to power but the pattern has been firmly set since 1922
The Labour leader is criticised as unexciting. Voters want to see Britain restored as a normal country
The Conservatives cannot talk about Brexit. A Labour government cannot ignore it
Realism is not defeatism — Britain has plenty to offer when it concentrates its resources
Rishi Sunak is a prime minister without a compass. Getting rid of him would not save the Tories
The old rules were rewritten by the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 and the global financial crash
Chinese emperors are all-powerful until the moment they are toppled
Europe must recognise it has a choice to make about Ukraine
Liberal America’s assault on Joe Biden could put Donald Trump back in the White House
Politics in the province cannot be forced into straight lines — this week’s deal follows the lessons of its history
They should give up abstentionism and try persuasion instead
Israel's prime minister hopes that prolonging the conflict will help save himself
Britain’s public broadcaster still has some fine journalists but has lost sight of its unique purpose
EU governments could once claim to be players in the Middle East — no longer
Netanyahu will be remembered as the self-styled strongman who disarmed Israel
