Britain’s approach to the world more closely tracks the EU than America

My first assumption for the year is there will not be a war on the Korean peninsula

The term suggests one thing to Remainers and another entirely to Leavers

The success of George Weah in Liberia can be repeated elsewhere, writes Gideon Rachman

The American and Chinese leaders have undermined liberal ideas around the world

Policy must be about justice as well as growth, as mainstream politics has learnt

Britain and the EU both want to re-establish an amicable relationship

The Trump administration is undermining some of America’s closest alliances

The two rival visions could easily lead to US-China clashes in Asia or in trade

Problems on the continent remain, and the chancellor’s travails will exacerbate them

The likeliest outcome is that the EU imposes a deal on the UK

Beijing could get drawn into a war on the peninsula

Europe’s safe space of centrist stability is shrinking

Heavy-handed response by Madrid could create a pro-independence majority

Beijing is gaining confidence that it can mix political control with growth and innovation

Their search for ‘saboteurs’ endangers their cause, giving off a whiff of desperation

The president could yet spawn a durable and dangerous political movement